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After spending 50 years in the bike business, store owner retiringAug 20, 2018 1:00 am - Bill Schmoldt was 15 when he started working at Prospect Bikes and was tasked with changing flat tires and learning other parts of the business. Now 50 years later, he i...
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Searching for a European goldfinch in Lake CountyAug 19, 2018 11:00 pm - The European goldfinch has made its home in Lake County and Wisconsin
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Wasps are beautiful but deadly in the bug worldAug 19, 2018 11:00 pm - As summer winds down, the kids are back in school and our summer reading lists are exhausted. How about a story of beauty, intrigue, and deceit to spice things up? You ...
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Wizard World CEO strives to make Rosemont convention 'a perfect fan experience'Aug 19, 2018 7:00 am - “It's a golden age for content,” says Wizard World CEO John Maatta, calling the era of endless channels and streaming services “the best time ever to be a consumer of te...
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Pressure-treated wood should not be paintedAug 19, 2018 6:00 am - Q. This photo is the floor of our screened-in porch. Please provide suggestions for refinishing - paint, vinyl planks or other. We are not interested in outdoor carpet. ...
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Hidden mixed-faith relationship relegates her to 'roommate'Aug 19, 2018 6:00 am - Q. I am a white atheist (raised Catholic), long-term dating a Pakistani American agnostic (raised Muslim). In general, there is cultural pressure for Pakistani people to...
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Walter Payton's Porsche to be auctioned in SchaumburgAug 19, 2018 6:00 am - When Jarrett Payton looks at his father's classic Porsche, many memories of the famed Chicago Bears running back come to mind. But one that trumps them all is Walter Pay...
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Rozner: Chicago Cubs now held to different standardAug 19, 2018 1:00 am - As Chicago Cubs players were interrogated, the suggestion seemed to be that it was a must win. In the middle of August. With a one-game losing streak. While owning first...
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There's much at stake for the public in journalism's successAug 19, 2018 1:00 am - When I look at what seems to have become our national "conversation" on the press, it appears that every level of journalism has devolved into such an endless barrage of...
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Slouching toward autocracyAug 19, 2018 1:00 am - In their book, "How Democracies Die," political scientists Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt write: "How do elected authoritarians shatter the democratic institutions t...