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Constable: NFL grapples with anthem, but schools no longer fumble pledgeSep 05, 2018 5:40 am - The NFL season kicks off Thursday with the defending White House-Snubbing Philadelphia Eagles taking on the Atlanta "Not Our National Bird" Falcons before a television a...
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Day 1 of Kavanaugh hearings was theater too embarrassing to watchSep 05, 2018 1:00 am - If you missed Day One of Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court hearing, just try to imagine a mud-wrestling contest attended by banshees howling at the referee. Between senat...
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Trump's words don't buy dinnerSep 05, 2018 1:00 am - By E.J. Dionne Jr. Two Labor Days into Trump's presidency, what has happened to the working class? After Election Day 2016, we heard again and again about how Trump had ...
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Feder: Chicago radio ratings crowded at the topSep 05, 2018 1:00 am - A three-way tie for first place in afternoon drive pretty well sums up how tightly compacted the Chicago radio scene has become. Nielsen Audio figures released Tuesday s...
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With jersey tradition, Thorne honors peer relationshipSep 05, 2018 1:00 am - Embracing a challenged student, Payton Thorne's character speaks loud and clear. The Naperville Central football team has a weekly tradition in which Redhawks players le...
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Filling Geneva's empty storefronts a challenge, opportunitySep 04, 2018 11:00 pm - It became part of the "new normal" to see empty storefronts in our downtowns during the height of the Great Recession, but the stubborn realities of modern retail have l...
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Constable: Celebrating 80th year, traveling circus goes animal-freeSep 04, 2018 5:24 am - When the Kelly Miller Circus announced it wasn't folding its tent and would instead do a full circuit this summer without elephants, zebras, camels, monkeys or other ani...
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Feder: NBC 5 stands by disputed story on Cardinal CupichSep 04, 2018 1:00 am - WMAQ-Channel 5 is defending itself against criticism that the NBC-owned station unfairly edited an interview last week with Cardinal Blase Cupich. The cardinal called re...
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Rozner: Richmond's Stanley Cup dream comes homeSep 04, 2018 1:00 am - Steve Richmond sat within a stick length of the big, silver souvenir Tuesday night, gazing at the Stanley Cup as if it were a mirage, almost as if he wasn't entirely sur...
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Cleaning up the mess Mother Nature leftSep 04, 2018 1:00 am - In the realm of prep football, there's nothing worse than settling in for a Friday night of action, only to see it washed away in a thunderstorm. Emphasis on the thunder...