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Tips to get your home ready for the cooler months aheadSep 30, 2016 5:00 am - With autumn almost here, homeowners should double-check the exterior of their property to ensure it's ready to withstand cold weather, rain and even snow. Q. Several cra...
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Cops & Crime: Naperville teen in trouble over bogus tollway citationsSep 30, 2016 5:00 am - Kids find all sorts of creative ways to get themselves into trouble, but this one surprised even us. A Naperville teen is in a bind for sending at least seven people pho...
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Early FAFSA filing among important changes for college aidSep 30, 2016 1:00 am - A higher education is one of the most important investments people can make in their future. So if college is on your radar next year, it's important to know about some ...
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Vernon Hills firm helping athletes see their potentialSep 30, 2016 1:00 am - A small Vernon Hills company is keeping its eye focused on improving the world's visual performance. For the past 16 years, Vizual Edge has been providing its Vizual Edg...
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Lean and lovin' it: Uncovered family recipe leads to leaner version of Colonel's chickenSep 29, 2016 11:00 pm - Recently a newspaper sent one of their reporters to Corbin, Kentucky, to sit a spell and reminisce with Joe Ledington, Colonel Sander's (of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame) ...
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North: It's World Series or bust for this Cubs teamSep 29, 2016 8:19 pm - So, I'm watching the Chicago Cubs prepare for postseason play and try to finally end decades of futility. Theo Epstein, armed with a five-year extension worth close to ...
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Imrem: How to and how not to conduct baseball businessSep 29, 2016 11:01 am - Welcome to the latest on Chicago's polar opposite baseball teams. The Cubs are swinging on the Milky Way with Theo Epstein; the Sox are stumbling on Planet Cuckoo with R...
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Jackson: Six decades of teaching still fresh in some mindsSep 29, 2016 10:05 am - As of now, the cooler weather did much to improve the current story of fishing affairs. For example, Fox River small-mouth have been aggressively chasing leeches and min...
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Reel life: Catch 'Blues Brothers' in Arlington HeightsSep 29, 2016 6:00 am - Singin' the 'Blues' The Blue Whiskey Cinema Series returns with a silver-screen presentation of the classic Windy City comedy "The Blues Brothers" (shot in Chicago starr...
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Constable: 'Bleacher Bums' live on in updated versionSep 29, 2016 5:15 am - In 1977, a bunch of young Chicago actors led by Joe Mantegna and Dennis Franz wrote and starred in a play about Cubs fans in Wrigley Field called “Bleacher Bums.” David ...