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Movie review: Laughs and gross-outs top scares in latest 'Predator' sequelSep 13, 2018 7:30 am - “The Predator” - ★ ★ ½ Parts of “The Predator” veer toward a robust, self-aware genre comedy. Other parts strive for some serious science-fiction thrills wrapped around...
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Movie review: It's not worth going down to 'The Basement'Sep 13, 2018 6:00 am - "The Basement" - ★ "The Basement" sounds an awful lot like "debasement," and after a blow-torch-wielding maniac approaches a screaming woman wearing a flimsy bra, looks...
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Coffey, Benjamin enjoying success playing minor league baseballSep 13, 2018 1:01 am - Three weeks ago, I began my 35th year covering high school athletics. While this certainly doesn't make me an expert on the topic, it does guarantee that I have seen mor...
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When a foreign adversary meddled in a presidential electionSep 13, 2018 1:00 am - In the 1990s, a hostile foreign power meddled in our presidential election. There were serious questions about whether one party's candidate - the beneficiary - was comp...
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Feder: Weigel launches new TV stationSep 13, 2018 1:00 am - Weigel Broadcasting, Chicago-based parent company of WCIU-Channel 26, Me-TV and a host of other broadcast stations and digital networks, just switched on the future of t...
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Wauconda's teal socks have a meaning beyond winningSep 13, 2018 1:00 am - The teal socks could be here to stay. "If we keep winning, who knows how long we might wear them," Wauconda football coach Dave Mills said with a chuckle. The Bulldogs, ...
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Slusher: Anonymous sources and a newspaper's bond of trustSep 13, 2018 1:00 am - The Daily Herald sets five conditions for permitting the use of an anonymous source in our reporting. The New York Times editorial board's decision to permit the writer ...
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Triton College faculty member named Master of PastaSep 12, 2018 11:00 pm - • Triton College Culinary Department faculty member Carolina Diaz loves to share her passion for cooking, especially pasta. Her skills and passion helped her earn the ti...
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Chicago-area acts Blood People, Beach Bunny ready to take the Riot Fest stageSep 12, 2018 12:00 pm - “We want to melt as much face as we can in the amount of time that we get!” With that, Aly Jados, lead singer of hard rock band Blood People, pretty much summed up the s...
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Tax cuts in 18 school districts? It's possible, thanks to referendums on next April's ballotSep 12, 2018 5:30 am - At least 18 suburban school districts could see property tax collections slashed next year, some by as much as 10 percent. An 11th-hour addition to a 2017 Illinois schoo...