Columns
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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...
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How to keep 'family ledger' in balanceNov 08, 2017 10:00 pm - Editor's note: This column is the first in a three-part series. "It's not fair!" "Okay, I guess we're even." "You've got to do your share." Much of life, especially f...
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Wagner Plumbing marks 100 years in St. CharlesNov 08, 2017 10:00 pm - It's not a stretch to say just about every school, bank, hospital, church or factory in the Fox Valley area has had plumbing and ductwork completed by an employee of Wa...
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Any way you buy it, Thanksgiving turkey made juicy, tender with brineNov 08, 2017 5:00 am - This coming Thanksgiving we wanted to roast an out-of-the-ordinary turkey; for something truly unique and outstanding. It could be pure hype since I wasn't there, but it...
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With Madigan leaving office, will public records access suffer?Nov 08, 2017 4:00 am - When a government denies access to records you want to see or closes a meeting you believe should be open to the public, what's your recourse? In 4,720 instances last ye...
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After year of Trump, Democrats facd their own profound crisisNov 08, 2017 12:00 am - Political commentators are supposed to be somewhat objective and analytical when it comes to tracking trends. In that spirit, I find the polling snapshot of President Do...