Columns
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Imrem: Dodgers show Cubs how many holes they need to fill before 2018Oct 19, 2017 5:00 pm - Cubs manager Joe Maddon refers to being knocked out of the playoffs as abrupt. Sometimes ... sometimes not. Thursday night ... not. The Dodgers led 9-0 by the fourth inn...
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J.K. Simmons on acting, Oscar, life and working with Ryan GoslingOct 19, 2017 6:00 am - It's a J.K. Simmons weekend! The popular movie and TV actor can be seen in two new films: as a grieving father in the domestic drama “The Bachelors” (at the South Barrin...
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Lester: Kirk criticizes Naperville company for Iran businessOct 19, 2017 5:30 am - Former U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk is stepping out of retirement to criticize a Naperville telecommunications company he says is doing business in Iran. Coriant, which devel...
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Rozner: Dauntless Dodgers dominate Cubs in every facetOct 19, 2017 1:00 am - It's never easy to say good night to a season, never easy to say so long to an opportunity this big — knowing that it takes so long to get back. That makes perspective p...
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Constable: For Chicago Cubs fans, 'Wait Till Next Year' has a different meaning this yearOct 19, 2017 1:00 am - Cubs fans' dream of a World Series championship repeat flew out of Wrigley Field Thursday night as if it had been launched off the bat of the Dodgers' Kiké Hernandez. T...
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'Beautiful music' radio veteran Darrel Peters of Barrington dies at 84Oct 19, 2017 1:00 am - Darrel Peters, whose name was once synonymous with "beautiful music" on Chicago radio, died Tuesday in Barrington. He was 84. A Chicago native and prominent broadcast ex...
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What Trump's new executive actions accomplishOct 19, 2017 1:00 am - President Trump's most recent high-profile executive actions - on Obamacare, immigration and the Iran nuclear deal - do three big things. First, they push Congress to ac...
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The wages of civil war within GOPOct 19, 2017 1:00 am - President Trump says many things that are wildly exaggerated or flat-out false, but he told one of his biggest whoppers at a recent White House press conference. "Just s...
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How to prepare marriage for empty nestingOct 18, 2017 11:00 pm - Editor's note: This column is the first of two parts. In the last few decades, it has become popular to talk about young adults "leaving the nest." Similarly, we also ta...
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Why Geneva resident decorates her yard for HalloweenOct 18, 2017 11:00 pm - When a family tradition may end soon, it's time to go all out while the fun still lasts. Kathy Showalter of Geneva feels that way about the Halloween decorations adornin...