Columns
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Fake news is the storyDec 28, 2017 12:00 am - As a functional obsessive-compulsive, I'm never happier than at year's end when I get to make lists. Herewith, my picks for the most important stories of 2017: This year...
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A step-by-step plan to create your own charcuterie boardDec 27, 2017 5:00 am - Cheese and sausage always meant we were having a party. I remember instinctively knowing our family was hosting New Year's Eve when I saw small logs of summer sausage an...
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'Get Out' tops Dann Gire's best movies of 2017Dec 27, 2017 5:00 am - In 2017, we saw “Wonder,” “Wonderstruck,” “Wonder Wheel,” “Wonder Woman” and “Professor Marston and the Wonder Women.” No wonder we had such a good time at theaters and ...
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Weight loss, as with any significant change, takes commitment - one day at a timeDec 27, 2017 5:00 am - Editor's note: This is a favorite column from the archives. It was published Dec. 28, 2005. It's almost here, the beginning of a new year. Have New Year's resolutions b...
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Feder: Ratings soar for Lite FM, 104.3 JamsDec 27, 2017 12:00 am - Nonstop Christmas music for the 16th year in a row again paid off for WLIT FM 93.9, Robert Feder writes. The iHeartMedia adult contemporary station shot to the top of th...
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O'Hare western access is road to opportunityDec 27, 2017 12:00 am - By John Carpenter Guest columnist There have been a number of stories written over the past few years regarding the progress of the Western Access O'Hare project. Local ...
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What people were talking about in the Tri-CitiesDec 26, 2017 10:00 pm - Topics that clicked with Tri-Cities readers this past year
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10 great screen performers from 2017Dec 26, 2017 8:45 am - The line between film and television continued to blur in 2017 - just look at this year's edition of the much-vaunted Sight & Sound film poll, which names all 18 hours o...
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Sound check: Black Bolts headline Skyline's year-enderDec 26, 2017 5:00 am - Black Bolts plays series at BaseCamp Skyline Music wraps up a year of monthly concerts presenting original suburban bands with one final show for 2017. Woodridge's Blac...
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Stocking full of coal: Illinois shrinkage poses major problemsDec 26, 2017 12:00 am - With the end of each year comes an exercise in perspective. One looks back at what was, and ahead at what could be. In Illinois, both visions can be frightening. New dat...