Columns
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'Bonnie and Clyde,' comedies and film noir highlight local movie eventsMar 02, 2017 5:00 am - Beatty, Dunaway back for more bloodshed After shooting up the finale of the 89th Academy Awards show, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway join forces again on the silver scre...
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Constable: What do monks give up for Lent?Mar 02, 2017 4:10 am - The concept of giving up something for Lent appeals to lots of folks, as nearly one-quarter of Americans do it, according to Christianity Today. Lent, which began Wedne...
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Optimism in Trump's AmericaMar 02, 2017 12:00 am - President Trump's job approval rating, 44 percent with a 48 percent disapproval rating in a new Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll, makes him "the first president of the ...
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Truman's Cheshire smile averted again (almost)Mar 02, 2017 12:00 am - The grinning visage of President Harry Truman gleefully hoisting a copy of the Chicago Tribune with the banner headline "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN" haunts the nightmares of e...
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Treatment improving for depressionMar 01, 2017 10:00 pm - Editor's note: This is the second of two columns looking at depression. "I don't know, I just feel ... down." We all do now and then. We may call it by different names ...
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The heat is on in LaFox Metra station shelterMar 01, 2017 10:00 pm - The recent spurt of warm weather aside, Ken Weinberg of Geneva prefers a little heat when waiting for a Metra train on the middle platform at the La Fox station. For the...
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Imrem: Patriots might save Garoppolo from football purgatoryMar 01, 2017 4:01 pm - A news flash early Wednesday morning indicated that Jimmy Garoppolo doesn't have to worry about the Patriots trading him to the Chicago Bears. Myriad fans around here wa...
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Prospect Heights retiree finds meaning in making musicMar 01, 2017 5:00 am - Prospect Heights retiree loves learning to play, perform music
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WW South's McHugh has a different way of defining adversityMar 01, 2017 12:00 am - Connor McHugh smiles and after preliminary introductions opens a heavy gym door and leads the visitor out and across the hall. He opens another door into an administrati...
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How Addison's McCann constructed the American dreamMar 01, 2017 12:00 am - Jim McCann has memories of going to work with his father on Saturdays and assisting with power washing equipment and sweeping floors. McCann is now president of the comp...