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Top five basketball moments from Naperville Central’s Candace ParkerMay 01, 2024 6:00 am - With Naperville Central legend Candace Parker retiring from the WNBA, this week’s High Five looks at her top five basketball moments.
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Justice delayed is justice deniedApr 30, 2024 12:13 pm - Justice Samuel Alito thinks presidents are kings and must be protected against those who would disrupt their peaceful retirement. What planet is he living on? In his ques...
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Community colleges have power to strengthen nation at this critical momentApr 30, 2024 9:38 am - As we close Community College Month, it’s important to reflect on the impact and opportunity community colleges bring to our communities. We provide affordable, high-qual...
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Pump up your tires — May is National Bike MonthApr 30, 2024 6:00 am - National Bike Month launches May 1, and with it plenty of opportunities to shake the dust off your bike.
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Is the Bears’ wide receiver curse real?Apr 30, 2024 6:00 am - The new Bears offense looks good, but this team has a troubling history of getting the least out of good wide receivers.
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How are things in the Old Country?Apr 30, 2024 4:00 am - Thirty years ago, I was in a garment factory, covering the visit of a Portuguese dignitary who was in the factory because it employed a large number of Portuguese immigra...
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‘Name, image likeness’ pay continues to evolve in college sportsApr 30, 2024 4:00 am - When the Supreme Court ruled in favor of college athletes being compensated nearly three years ago, the era of name, image and likeness (NIL) began, and even though schoo...
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Facts Matter: Hunter Biden, protesters and Trump have all been indictedApr 28, 2024 6:00 am - Former President Donald Trump has been sitting in a courtroom this month, facing 34 counts of falsifying business records, and listening to arguments in his first crimina...
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May they one day be making movies about Williams, set in a great new stadiumApr 28, 2024 6:00 am - Whenever I see artistic renderings of wonderful new stadiums or see overpraised new Bears quarterbacks, I think of the troop inspection scene from “The Dirty Dozen” when ...
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Jim O'Donnell: McBears splinter into two parts — Poles forward, Warren lost at seaApr 28, 2024 6:00 am - A CREATIVE LYRICIST COULD TWEAK IN a few contemporary lines to the classic “Bear Down, Chicago Bears.” They might go a little something like this: “We'll never forget...