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Palatine songwriter Andrew Ripp's career got help from Bears' SingletaryMar 21, 2017 5:34 am - One of the people Andrew Ripp credits with launching his singing/songwriting career is ... Mike Singletary? Yes, the Chicago Bears football legend played a key role in R...
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How a 1970s Arlington Heights case is affecting Trump's travel banMar 21, 2017 5:00 am - One of the factors playing a role in stopping Donald Trump from enforcing his reworked travel ban is an Arlington Heights housing lawsuit from the 1970s that went to the...
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Excluding daughter's 'lesbian friend' from family vacation a mistakeMar 21, 2017 1:00 am - Q. We retired to the Washington, D.C., area to be near our daughters and grandchildren. We have enjoyed several weeklong family vacations at nearby locations. This year ...
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Rozner: For all his faults, Bulls' Jerry Krause was a talentMar 21, 2017 1:00 am - For most of 1998, I would regularly have lunch with Jerry Krause. It was always at the same deli and any suggestion of a different venue was met with a scoff or a grunt....
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The world watches the shrinking of the American presidencyMar 21, 2017 1:00 am - It is difficult to overestimate the geopolitical risks of this moment - or the (both disturbed and eager) global scrutiny now being given to the American president. Agg...
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Set limits on travel accommodations for spouseMar 21, 2017 1:00 am - Q. My husband and I will be traveling to attend my mom's wedding. It's either a 13-hour drive (now that we have a child, it would probably actually eat up an entire day)...
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Death by a thousand cutsMar 21, 2017 1:00 am - From Ronald Reagan's "welfare queen" to Donald Trump's "Detroit single mom," the unmarried mother remains a constant fascination to Republicans wielding budget-cutting s...
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All-City Band Concert marks 50 years of school music in BataviaMar 20, 2017 11:00 pm - In 1967, the Batavia music department made a bold move, attempting to showcase all of the band musicians at one concert. Students in grades five through 12 performed in ...
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Put an end to political emails from family memberMar 20, 2017 11:00 pm - Q. My father's wife sends several political emails a day to her bcc'd distribution list. I'm on that list. She knows we are not like-minded politically, and I told her I...
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Camaro owner aware of every oil change and door dingMar 20, 2017 6:00 am - While growing up, Mark Litavsky had driven plenty of old cars but found one major flaw with them: he never knew their full history. As a teen, Mark set out to rectify th...