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Western film archetypes occupy ruthless yet elegant 'Hostiles'Jan 04, 2018 5:00 am - "Hostiles" - ★ ★ ½ Scott Cooper's gorgeously photographed, leisurely paced violent Western "Hostiles" begins as a ruthless, 1892 Sam Peckinpah survival tale, segues into...
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Constable: How a nice cop inspires resolution to think positiveJan 04, 2018 4:13 am - The typical New Year's resolutions to lose weight, eat healthier and exercise more require plenty of self-discipline. It's easier to keep a resolution when a police offi...
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Queen Carlson wins againJan 04, 2018 12:00 am - By KATHLEEN PARKER After recent revelations that the CEO of the Miss America Organization and its pageant scriptwriter were talking trash about past winners, the board f...
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Far from disappearing, dossier investigation intensifiesJan 04, 2018 12:00 am - House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes has issued a subpoena to David Kramer, a former State Department official who, in late November 2016, traveled to Londo...
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Streep, Hanks deliver vital newsroom drama with Spielberg's 'The Post'Jan 03, 2018 10:00 am - “The Post” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks, brandishing an array of smirks and a cheap haircut) suspects The New York Times might be u...
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Who gets the interest from the property taxes you paid early?Jan 03, 2018 4:30 am - Lake County homeowners have already paid at least $60 million of the property taxes due this year. But that money won't be distributed to the local taxing bodies for rou...
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Feder: WKQX 101.1 breaks up morning teamJan 03, 2018 12:00 am - It's splitsville for Brian Phillips and Lou Lombardo as the morning duo at WKQX FM 101.1, Robert Feder writes. In a realignment at the Cumulus Media alternative rock sta...
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St. Charles East graduate poses for firefighter calendarJan 02, 2018 10:00 pm - Jordan Stallman knew things were a little different in South Carolina than they were in St. Charles - at least in terms of the number of stray animals running around. Th...
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Batavia recalls Saturday Evening Post cover of townJan 02, 2018 8:00 am - It's hard to believe that 60 years have passed since John Falter's painting “Fox River Ice-Skating,” depicting a scene in Batavia, appeared on the cover of the Saturday ...
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St. Hubert takes 1st in food collection challengeJan 02, 2018 7:00 am - It's a wrap. Catholic schools throughout Cook and Lake counties — more than 200 of them — competed in a friendly competition last fall to tackle hunger in the Chicago ar...