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Suburban school districts holding millions of dollars more in reserve than state recommendsApr 12, 2017 5:30 am - Kildeer-Countryside Elementary District 96 recently spent $9 million to accommodate all-day kindergarten, bought iPads for all students, and renovated classrooms and add...
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Constable: What it was like for suburban fans to deliver World Series ringsApr 12, 2017 1:00 am - On a night when winter temperatures and a brisk wind required Wrigley Field patrons to don parkas, mittens, ski boots and wool caps, nothing warmed a Cubs fan's spirit b...
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Metastasizing academic cancerApr 12, 2017 1:00 am - The average American has little knowledge of the extent to which our institutions of higher learning have been infected with a spreading cancer. One aspect of that cance...
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Soccer players making a differenceApr 12, 2017 1:00 am - A generation of superheroes is being born. Not on Krypton or in a Norwegian cave but here in metropolitan Chicago. During the 2016-17 school year 216 boys and girls socc...
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Naperville speaker pens book about core valuesApr 12, 2017 1:00 am - Growing up in Memphis, John G. Blumberg was a leader in high school - the person who was in front of the crowd directing the pep rally or working as emcee for other even...
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The obfuscation gameApr 12, 2017 1:00 am - If there is one operative rule in this city's left-right paradigm, it is to shift the focus of any conversation that seems at risk of revealing something approximating t...
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Easter helps us find truths about our feelings about faithApr 11, 2017 11:00 pm - Over the years, I think I've managed to say something about every major holiday on the calendar except one - Easter. It is hard to write about Easter. There is nothing ...
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Music notes: DMX packing the party at BaseCampApr 11, 2017 3:00 pm - Up in here, up in here DMX, the hard-core rapper who won the American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop-Artist in 2000 and 2001, is still a commercial powerhouse. He ...
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Rozner: Fast start would be nice change for Chicago BlackhawksApr 11, 2017 1:00 am - There are few players in the NHL that can compare to Duncan Keith when he's at his very best, when he's dialed it up and decided to take over a game. When he is desperat...
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Lowering bachelorette party expectationsApr 11, 2017 1:00 am - Q. How can I do my part in preventing any drama during my bachelorette party? I am having 10 of my closest girlfriends and family members fly with me to a resort town in...