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Fremd teacher earns U of C Outstanding Educator AwardJan 16, 2018 10:00 pm - Martin Zacharia, an advance placement history teacher at William Fremd High School, received the University of Chicago's Outstanding Educator Award. The award recognizes...
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Why you should binge-watch all 331 episodes of 'ER' on HuluJan 16, 2018 3:00 pm - I woke up Sunday morning, fired up my PlayStation 4 and nearly hit the ceiling when I saw the homepage of the Hulu app. "ER" had, at last, come to a streaming platform. ...
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Sound check: Story of the Year, Davlin play Bottom LoungeJan 16, 2018 10:00 am - St. Louis' Story comes to Chicago St. Louis-based Story of the Year has written a long-awaited (Has it really been seven years?) new emo-peppered pop-punk chapter with D...
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Constable: Orbit roller-skaters chill inside while it's icy outsideJan 16, 2018 4:00 am - On a snowy Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, drivers behind the wheel are slipping, sliding and trying to avoid running into each other on the side streets. The ones who a...
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Office or bedroomJan 16, 2018 12:00 am - Q. I'm enclosing two pictures. The first photo is the closet in our entryway. The second photo shows how the back of the closet is a wall shared with a 12-by-15-foot roo...
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Labels matter but real value of census designations is dataJan 16, 2018 12:00 am - According to conservative thinkers Ward Connerly and Mike Gonzalez, the Census Bureau should stop collecting data about race and ethnicity. Writing in a Washington Post ...
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Sister-in-law chastises cancer survivor for not wearing prosthesesJan 15, 2018 10:00 pm - Q. I'm a two-time, currently-Stage IV breast cancer survivor. When I was told I needed a double mastectomy, I did the research and decided to "go flat." I heard too many...
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2017 birding highlights from suburbs and beyondJan 15, 2018 5:00 am - We obviously just endured a tough year. The bad news far outweighed the good. Fortunately, there were birds. Watching birds can slow things down and help us forget for ...
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Decision to buy American, 1967 Corvette, rewardedJan 15, 2018 5:00 am - Serving in the U.S. Army gave Paul Jakstas a lot of unique opportunities. One of them was experiencing European roadsters firsthand. “While stationed in Germany, I drove...
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You bought a book store? Are you crazy?Jan 15, 2018 4:00 am - Probably not, which is good news for friends and acquaintances of Shannon Burgess and Gail Dickson. On Jan. 1, the two became co-owners of Glen Ellyn's venerable The Boo...