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For many, Trump's inauguration means the return of optimismJan 26, 2017 12:00 am - "It was a Trump speech," said Beth Lesser, a Donald Trump supporter from Greenville, South Carolina, after listening to the president's inaugural address on the Mall. "H...
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Postseason thoughts getting real nowJan 26, 2017 12:00 am - Girls basketball practice started on Halloween this season. A week later the boys began. This week the Class 1A and Class 2A girls teams find out their playoff seeding a...
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We're way more similar than differentJan 25, 2017 10:00 pm - A man walks down the street, talking to himself, raising his voice to emphasize a particular phrase, gesturing with his arms to make a particular point. As I listen, it...
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Just a few ingredients make Asian bok choy a tasty side dishJan 25, 2017 5:06 am - If you tend to fall into cooking ruts, one easy way to snap out of it is to check out the holiday calendars of different cultures. Next up on my list of inspirations is ...
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Light, flavorful stir-fry a winter cook's superheroJan 25, 2017 5:05 am - In the winter, our appetites can go in a couple of different directions. On the one hand, we seek something light, something that feels clean and simple. On the other ha...
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Snubbed by Oscar, Adams is still waiting for her Leo momentJan 25, 2017 5:00 am - Amy Adams won't be accepting her first Academy Award on Sunday, Feb. 26, even though her performance in best-picture nominee "Arrival" was lauded as one of the year's be...
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Willow Creek works through Muir school to reach families in needJan 25, 2017 5:00 am - Before students at Muir School in Hoffman Estates departed for the Martin Luther King holiday earlier this month, teachers distributed snack packs filled with nutritious...
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Sean Spicer's Stalinist apparitionJan 25, 2017 12:00 am - By Richard Cohen Sean Spicer is the appropriate face of the new Trump administration. He is the White House press secretary, the spokesman and all of that, and he ca...
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The real cost of protectionismJan 25, 2017 12:00 am - When the president speaks of closed factories scattered like "tombstones" across America, has he noticed the shuttered stores in shopping centers, and entire malls reduc...
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Lisle's Williamson finds his nicheJan 25, 2017 12:00 am - Lisle's Brandon Williamson is peaking at the right time. A freshman who has bowled for less than three years, Williamson's six-game series of 1,372 won the Glenbard East...