Columns
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What Republicans suspect about the FBI's Trump-Russia probeJun 21, 2018 1:00 am - The struggle to uncover the FBI's conduct in the Trump-Russia probe has made some congressional investigators deeply suspicious of the bureau. But what do those investig...
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Foreign policy needs better focus closer to homeJun 21, 2018 1:00 am - To many shocked Americans, the separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico border is simply a breakdown of everything America stands for. To me, it is even more. To me, it...
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Roundtable discussion offered on July 4 in BataviaJun 20, 2018 11:00 pm - For 20 years, a small group of local citizens has gathered at Batavia City Hall on the morning of July Fourth to discuss the community's and country's hopes, dreams and ...
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Sound check: Common, Cold War Kids highlights at Mamby on the BeachJun 20, 2018 6:00 am - Mamby on the Beach Chicago rapper Common, indie pop's Spoon, the Cold War Kids, Russ and more top the lineup for the two-day Mamby on the Beach music festival hitting to...
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25 years later, the first digital dino from 'Jurassic Park' still awes and inspiresJun 20, 2018 6:00 am - In the 25 years since "Jurassic Park" hit theaters on June 11, 1993, and wowed audiences with its digitally created dinosaurs, CGI effects have been the new hotness, the...
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Feder: 'Time to step away' for radio newsman Dave StewartJun 20, 2018 1:00 am - It's hard to imagine Chicago radio without Dave Stewart on somewhere. But after more than 40 years in the business, the top-notch newsman will be retiring at the end of ...
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What end justifies the means of torturing children?Jun 20, 2018 1:00 am - Cracking down on illegal immigration was never going to be pleasant, but this? It's worse than you think. The travesty of separating children from their undocumented, mi...
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Constable: Northwestern next for Plainfield author with cystic fibrosisJun 20, 2018 1:00 am - A top scholar and published author who recently won a scholarship she'll use in the fall at Northwestern University, Ravina Thakkar spends four hours a day doing somethi...
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New stores breathe life into Main Street Commons mallJun 19, 2018 11:00 pm - Don't look now, but a shopping area on the east side of St. Charles looks like it is making a nice comeback. Nope, it's not the Charlestowne Mall. That ship sailed a few...
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Des Plaines History Center names new executive directorJun 19, 2018 11:00 pm - • Philip Mohr was named executive director of the Des Plaines History Center. Mohr, who previously served as the history center's senior curator and acting director, bri...