Columns
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'Diversity lottery' at the core of self-radicalized immigrantsNov 10, 2017 12:00 am - Following the terrible killings on the streets of New York on Halloween, analysts were busy exploring theories about the "radicalization" of the Uzbek murderer from Tash...
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Feder: WGN's Robert Jordan writes about TV coverage of crimeNov 10, 2017 12:00 am - Retired news veteran Robert Jordan of WGN-Channel 9 has just written Murder in the News: An Inside Look at How Television Covers Crime, focusing on Chicago stations and...
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Jackson: Cold weather doesn't impede die-hardsNov 09, 2017 9:05 am - The calls kept coming in, especially the frantic messaging from the Lake Geneva area. "I found smallmouth down at 40-feet," Tommy H. yelled on the phone, "and I hit and ...
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Critics groups used 'the Chicago way' to deal with DisneyNov 09, 2017 5:00 am - Film critic uprisings aren't all that common, so when they do happen, people tend to pay attention. Maybe you've already heard how the Los Angeles Film Critics Associati...
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Grilled cheese truck concept expands in suburbsNov 09, 2017 5:00 am - Greg Barnhart says he had a reputation of making delicious grilled cheese sandwiches for his kids when they were young. His children are now in their 20s and involved in...
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Constable: Guns and Christmas an unholy mix for one advocateNov 09, 2017 4:22 am - It's always "too soon" to talk about gun violence in the United States, but it's not too soon to mix guns and Christmas. Walmart sells Christmas tree lights made to look...
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Football adds up firmly in Damenti's favorNov 09, 2017 12:00 am - Zach Damenti has so many friends, way more than he did before he became a Lakes football player, that not even he can count them all. He easily tallies, however, the num...
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Slusher: Stories that appeal to our fears also need perspectiveNov 09, 2017 12:00 am - The tip came into reporter Eric Peterson shortly before 11:45 a.m. Tuesday. Someone had heard of a SWAT team at work in Schaumburg and there were reports of a weapon. Wi...
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Feder: Weigel Broadcasting suing over use of the name ReachMe.TV.Nov 09, 2017 12:00 am - Weigel Broadcasting, Chicago-based parent company of the popular Me-TV Network, is suing Los Angeles-based Pervasive TV for using the name ReachMe. TV. Also, several Vet...
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Mueller does what special prosecutors doNov 09, 2017 12:00 am - Do you think Tony Podesta, the longtime Washington Democratic lobbyist, fixer and brother of Hillary Clinton campaign manager John Podesta, colluded with Russia to allow...