Columns
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Feder: Tronc names Jim Kirk interim editor of New York Daily NewsJan 18, 2018 12:00 am - Veteran Chicago journalist Jim Kirk, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the Sun-Times, was appointed interim editor-in-chief of the New York Daily News Thursday, Ro...
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Meet Levi, comfort dog for East Dundee churchJan 17, 2018 10:00 pm - In the six months that Levi the comfort dog has been with the Immanuel Lutheran Church congregation in East Dundee, he's been busy. He's been so busy that people can't c...
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How fourth-grader copes with rare genetic disorderJan 17, 2018 10:00 pm - Other than being small for his age, Cole Spiegel looks and acts like most any other fourth-grader at Avery Coonley School in Downers Grove. But this young boy's journey ...
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Our stories make us familyJan 17, 2018 10:00 pm - My brother-in-law of 30 years tells a story of growing up in a large - very large - family. One of 10 kids, he soon learned that it was important to stake your claim to ...
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Why we're seeing more coyotes this winterJan 17, 2018 10:00 pm - Just before dawn on New Year's morning, I let my dogs outside and shuffled to the kitchen, half-asleep, to make coffee. No sooner had I ground the beans than a fury of ...
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Jackson: Lake Erie is a hotbed of walleye for ice fishersJan 17, 2018 9:05 am - I've listened very carefully to what Matt Markey reports to me several times a month. He doesn't have any ax to grind, nor does he speak for any fish and game department...
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Homemade focaccia you won't be able to resistJan 17, 2018 5:05 am - It is amazing what combining different combinations of flour, water, yeast and a little salt can produce. Recently, my daughter Kailey and I had fun exploring these ingr...
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Did Cook County's failed soda tax cause sales taxes to fizzle, too?Jan 17, 2018 4:30 am - Cook County's short-lived penny-per-ounce tax on sweetened beverages not only failed to bring in as much revenue as projected, but it might also have cost the county mil...
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This year's Naperville North Hall class? Petersen has seen them allJan 17, 2018 12:00 am - The latest class to be inducted into the Naperville North Athletic Hall of Fame includes a man who began his career before there was a Naperville North. Bill Petersen st...
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Feder: WTTW salutes retiring 'Chicago icon' Joel WeismanJan 17, 2018 12:00 am - An all-star lineup of Joel Weisman's A-list guests over the years will headline an hourlong special tribute to the retiring host of "Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review,...