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Babcock McGraw: DePaul's Campbell has the triple-double feverJan 14, 2018 12:00 am - What's in a number? For Kelly Campbell, the answer used to be: Not much. DePaul's star sophomore guard never knew what her stats were in high school. Her parents didn't ...
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In Trump's White House, it's the survival of the servileJan 14, 2018 12:00 am - White House staffers have two general objectives: to serve the president and to please the president. The two do not always coincide. I can recall, as a policy adviser ...
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Smart ways for a new employee to go about joining the reservesJan 14, 2018 12:00 am - Q: I just started a new job about six months ago. It's my first "real" job coming out of college, and the people, environment and benefits are really great. Before takin...
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Don't be afraid to lift heavy weightsJan 13, 2018 6:30 am - Do you ever lift heavy weights when you exercise? So many people who come to us for help have mainly focused on “cardiovascular exercise” in the past such as running or ...
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Rozner: Cubs just fine with sluggish FA marketJan 13, 2018 12:00 am - Ask a few agents, and they will quickly call it collusion. Ask a few general managers, and they will just as quickly suggest the market was long overdue for a correction...
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Constable: 2½ years after applying for Social Security disability, finally a hearingJan 13, 2018 12:00 am - By Burt Constable Once whimsical, the "Golfers Welcome" sign hanging near Cheryl Watson's front door in Hainesville now mocks her. "I miss it so bad," says Watson, 56, w...
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Grammar Moses: The workaday world of wordsJan 13, 2018 12:00 am - It's to be expected that in your given line of work you use words that - uttered outside the context of the workplace - cause people to look at you as if you were a resi...
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Are police behind the wheel as distracted as the rest of us?Jan 12, 2018 4:30 am - Between cellphone calls, incoming texts, GPS navigation, onboard "infotainment" systems and plain old car stereos, it's no wonder the National Highway Traffic Safety Adm...
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Just reward: A 2017 comeback story for the agesJan 12, 2018 12:00 am - Lisa Creason's life changed overnight. After working as a certified nursing assistant in Decatur for more than a decade, on Oct. 9, 2017, she walked into work as a regis...
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Trump turbocharges DemocratsJan 12, 2018 12:00 am - The 2018 elections are almost 10 months away - a lifetime in politics. But this is shaping up as a very good year for the Democrats. If they don't blow it. Remember, on ...