Columns
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Report: Catholic schools in Cook, Lake show high lead levels in waterOct 13, 2016 5:30 am - Most Archdiocese of Chicago schools that had unsafe levels of lead in water drawn from some faucets and drinking fountains are in the suburbs, test results show. Schools...
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Constable: Forget the past; present Cubs focus on futureOct 13, 2016 5:15 am - All through the regular season, the Chicago Cubs kept matching accomplishments set by the greatest Cubs teams of the past. Players and the team kept doing something tha...
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With Szmyt, Vernon Hills has a leg up on the competitionOct 13, 2016 1:00 am - Peer pressure isn't always a bad thing. It brought Andre Szmyt to football. And now football might bring Szmyt to opportunities he could have never imagined just a coupl...
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Friend has a bad reputation in his field. Do you tell him?Oct 13, 2016 1:00 am - Q: I work in an industry that is youth oriented and freelance driven. Creative professionals in this field tend to get work through positive word-of-mouth. I was once in...
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Trump bounces back in second debateOct 13, 2016 1:00 am - ST. LOUIS - You can make a good argument that Donald Trump won the second presidential debate with Hillary Clinton. You could also argue that no one won. But it's probab...
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Rozner: David Ross can't explain why Cubs fans love himOct 13, 2016 1:00 am - David Ross is not from Chicago. He's not from Indiana or Wisconsin or anywhere in the Midwest, which can often get you an adoption label from the friendlies. He hadn't p...
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Participating in clinical trials key to medical advancesOct 13, 2016 1:00 am - By TaLana Hughes Guest columnist My daughter was just two months old when doctors told me that she had sickle cell disease. At the time, I was a young mother, still in s...
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Luigui Corral named first Hispanic member of North Shore-Barrington realtors groupOct 12, 2016 11:00 pm - Luigui Corral, broker/owner of RE/MAX United in Wheeling and Round Lake Beach, has become the first Hispanic member of the board of directors of the North Shore-Barringt...
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Caring importing when offering criticismOct 12, 2016 11:00 pm - Editor's note: This column is the second in a two-part series. Last week we talked about what it's like to be on the receiving end of criticism. We saw six common ways ...
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Asian carp: If you can't beat 'em ... eat 'em?Oct 12, 2016 10:05 am - I have eaten some very diverse wild foods. From arctic whale blubber to New England sand eels, tulibee, smoked and broiled burbot, smoked white sucker and New Zealand wh...