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Auto Show's hottest tech? It's in your handFeb 03, 2017 12:00 am - Many people go to the Chicago Auto Show to see what's new in technology on the show floor. But those attending the 109th show, set for Feb. 11-20 at McCormick Place in C...
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Strong yet humble: Meet the ironwood treeFeb 02, 2017 10:00 pm - Ironwood is a tree that's easy to overlook in our crowded woods. It doesn't have the stature of the majestic oaks, nor the bold presence of the hickories. It doesn't p...
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Lake Zurich star to host film, Q&AFeb 02, 2017 5:00 am - Lake Zurich star to host film, Q&A Roni Akurati, the Lake Zurich teenager who stars in the new movie "Growing Up Smith," will host a Q&A after both the 4:30 and 7 p.m. s...
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Constable: Veganism 'just a phase?' Not if Wheeling cafe can help itFeb 02, 2017 4:30 am - Friends hear the news about our 17-year-old son, Will, and quickly offer my wife and me condolences, sympathy, encouragement and assurances that “it's just a phase.” “I ...
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With Iowa choice, Stevenson's Marchese is on firm footingFeb 02, 2017 12:00 am - The piece of turf that Henry Marchese picked off of the field at the University of Iowa's Kinnick Stadium is still sealed up in a Ziploc bag. Eight years later. It's a p...
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A speech everyone should readFeb 02, 2017 12:00 am - As a country, we make a habit of looking forward, not backward. But I'm going to ask you to turn your attention back a few weeks, to Barack Obama's Jan. 10 farewell addr...
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Comparing protests is a misleading 'litmus test' for biasFeb 02, 2017 12:00 am - For many people, the contrast of two Washington, D.C., demonstrations within a week of each other last month deserved intense scrutiny as a litmus test on press bias. I ...
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These Libertyville players can think - as shown by where they inkedFeb 02, 2017 12:00 am - Four Libertyville football players didn't need pens, nor their brilliant brains, to make it official. Skyler Blacker, Tyler Jost, Ryan O'Malley and Jack Ruskell had made...
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What's next for DuPage Valley Conference?Feb 02, 2017 12:00 am - There was more news this week, but it didn't just involve basketball. It involved all sports. Specifically, it involved conference sports. It looks like another school ...
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Look for positives in others' wordsFeb 01, 2017 10:00 pm - My friend's story (shared with his permission) goes something like this. An aging distance runner, he decided to run a marathon after a seven-year hiatus. After a few m...