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Suburbs could lose $100M in business taxes to stateSep 13, 2017 5:12 am - The school year has just started and Northwest Suburban High School District 214 officials are already plugging another budget hole created by the state's financial cris...
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Feder: Weigel Broadcasting adds to its TV station holdingsSep 13, 2017 1:00 am - Weigel Broadcasting, Chicago-based owner of WCIU-Channel 26, Me-TV and a host of other Midwest stations and national digital networks, is adding TV stations in Los Angel...
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McCaleb: County should ignore Bloomberg on beverage taxSep 13, 2017 1:00 am - Cook County residents and retailers overwhelmingly hate the sugary drink tax foisted on them last month. No amount of money spent defending it is going to change that. T...
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The real AmericaSep 13, 2017 1:00 am - We've had the chance this summer to appreciate the enormous vitality of community life in America, and here's our conclusion: Whatever is happening in Washington, whoeve...
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Rozner: Spieth, Thomas still battling, still budsSep 13, 2017 1:00 am - Jordan Spieth had already made birdie on 16 at Conway Farms, but his work was hardly finished. Sure, the money game was still in doubt as Spieth, Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm...
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Timothy Christian's dream come trueSep 13, 2017 1:00 am - Timothy Christian pulled off a dream trifecta. "Ahead of schedule, under budget and fully funded," Timothy Christian superintendent Matt Davidson said when confirming Th...
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Sound check: Matchbox Twenty, Counting Crows lead string of '90s showsSep 12, 2017 6:00 am - Matching Matchbox with Crows The '90s was a time all its own musically. The decade saw the birth of grunge and its stepbrother post-grunge, along with a resurgence of al...
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Doctor turns tables on what's good food vs. what's not so goodSep 12, 2017 6:00 am - How strongly I've believed in whole-grain, whole-wheat bread and brown rice began with Dr. Mauer, my grandmother. I loved staying at her house and waking-up to her Grand...
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Yes, Antifa is dangerous - but not to fascistsSep 12, 2017 1:00 am - Call me unromantic, but I disliked a lot about the fabled "Sixties" the first time around. Some of the music was good, but otherwise 1968 was among the worst years in Am...
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Common plight helps unite polarized peopleSep 12, 2017 1:00 am - I once had a very close friend named Charlie. We spent every day together, much of the night, too. I got to learn about his family and old neighborhood, and he got to le...