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Feder: P.F. Chang's wraps up ABC 7's Olympics snafuFeb 15, 2018 12:00 am - An embarrassing blunder for WLS-Channel 7 has turned into a golden marketing opportunity for P.F. Chang's, Robert Feder writes. The restaurant chain has seized on the sn...
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A productive season doesn't always require long playoff runFeb 15, 2018 12:00 am - The high school basketball season is over. Well, not entirely over. For many DuPage County girls teams the season has ended. Timothy Christian and IC Catholic remain ali...
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Russia, elections and the invasion of the botsFeb 15, 2018 12:00 am - If you want to know whether Democrats will take back the House and/or Senate in November, just ask Russia. Or rather, ask the Russian trolls who have triumphed in dissem...
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Sometimes, our words are all we have to giveFeb 14, 2018 10:00 pm - An old friend called the other night. We hadn't talked for a while, so we spent a few minutes catching up on each other's lives - his job, my job; his house, my house; o...
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Nonprofit job services center CareerPlace names new directorFeb 14, 2018 10:00 pm - CareerPlace, a Palatine-based nonprofit organization, hired U.S. Army veteran, Len "Lenny" Harris, to serve as the organization's new director. In this role, Harris will...
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Kane County Judge Clint Hull receives two awards for community serviceFeb 14, 2018 10:00 pm - With all of the things swirling through his head the moment he realized he was winning the 2017 Charlemagne Award the night of the recent event at Pheasant Run, the last...
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Marvel's 'Black Panther' leaps to front of superhero action fantasiesFeb 14, 2018 10:00 am - “Black Panther” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Ryan Coogler's bold, politically charged “Black Panther” represents a whole new animal in the Marvel Comics movie menagerie of superheroes, a d...
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When it comes to outdoors travel, flying has its limitsFeb 14, 2018 9:05 am - Kudos to author and outdoors writer John Gierach for producing an enlightening book, "Fool's Paradise". This work by this noted traveler and fly fisherman echoes my sen...
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French film 'Double Lover' doubles down on erotic mysteryFeb 14, 2018 8:00 am - "Double Lover" - ★ ★ ½ Just in time for St. Valentine's Day: an erotic mystery that opens with a micro-closeup of a woman's most intimate chamber morphing into a sidewa...
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Sound check: Relive some '90s favorites with Gin BlossomsFeb 14, 2018 5:00 am - Do you think it'd be alright ... If it's true people really are the average of who they hang out with the most, members of the Gin Blossoms must have gained a healthy ja...