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Man doesn't deserve new trial just because prosecutor called him a liar, court saysMar 09, 2018 4:30 am - Is calling a defendant a “lying liar” in front of jurors and sarcastically referring to him as “John Wayne over here draped in the American flag” enough to win him a new...
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Carter's demand for mental toughness pays dividends for LarkinMar 09, 2018 12:00 am - The mental toughness Deryn Carter has demanded of Larkin basketball players since the day he returned to coach his alma mater in 2009 translated to a sectional champions...
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Trade is the Republican Party's last standMar 09, 2018 12:00 am - By Fareed Zakaria The tussle over tariffs is the most significant political battle taking place in America right now - much broader than a dispute over steel and aluminu...
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Burlington Central has much to be proud ofMar 09, 2018 12:00 am - Sports are full of woulda coulda shouldas. Add Burlington Central's 57-55 loss to Rockford Boylan in Friday night's Class 3A Woodstock North sectional championship boys ...
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Tradition, Trumpism manage to get along at the GridironMar 09, 2018 12:00 am - Most of the stories about the Gridiron dinner last week naturally focused on how our unpredictable president behaved, particularly when surrounded by the "enemy of the p...
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How to handle sweetheart's extreme forgiveness issuesMar 08, 2018 10:00 pm - Q. I am getting ready to propose to my girlfriend of three years. "Mary" is just great - beautiful, funny, successful - but she has major forgiveness issues. Not about ...
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Mirren, Sutherland fuel sputtering AARP road movie 'Leisure Seeker'Mar 08, 2018 5:00 am - “The Leisure Seeker” - ★ ★ Stars Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland work well together in “The Leisure Seeker,” but their talents fail to pump up the dramatic octa...
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The real victim in new 'Strangers' slasher is logicMar 08, 2018 5:00 am - "The Strangers: Prey at Night" - ★ ★ ½ Let's face an unspoken truth here. Some of us love horror films like "The Strangers: Prey at Night" because the victims make suc...
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Constable: When autism goes to collegeMar 08, 2018 4:30 am - With as many as one in 88 children now being diagnosed on the autism spectrum, most of the focus has been on early childhood education. "You don't find as much about kid...
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Ex-Bear Annen aiming to restore the roar at Carmel CatholicMar 08, 2018 12:00 am - Standing on Soldier Field's grass for the national anthem, his Chicago Bears helmet at his side as military jets roared above, is something Blake Annen will remember for...