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Power equipment company grows again in Lake ZurichSep 28, 2016 1:00 am - Echo Inc., the maker of hand-held outdoor power equipment, is expanding in Lake Zurich again. Construction recently started on a 51,000-square-foot two-story corpora...
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Imrem: Chicago Bears more Mistakes than Monsters of the MidwaySep 27, 2016 5:01 pm - The Chicago Bears' problem isn't merely a "Sunday Night Football" embarrassment at Dallas, a three-game losing streak or even another squandered season. It's a New Tradi...
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Constable: Is that mushroom in your yard tasty or deadly?Sep 27, 2016 5:45 am - By Burt Constable I'll take a bite from the nonwormy part of an apple that falls from our backyard tree. I'll chew on stems of clover in our grass. I'll nibble on mint t...
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Faith takes the stageSep 27, 2016 1:00 am - Olympic gymnastic Chellsie Memmel is "on stage in a completely new way," as she puts it, later this month in the nation's capital. She's starring in "The Loser Letters,"...
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How you spend money, leisure time can be a deal breakerSep 27, 2016 1:00 am - Q. My girlfriend and I have been seeing each other for almost eight months, and we still each live separately and have our own houses. We have two different opinions on ...
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Playoff scenarios are getting real nowSep 27, 2016 1:00 am - If it's Week 6 of the football season, it's time to start talking seriously about playoff projections. This edition of Eyes on Five looks at some of the many swirling po...
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Aleppo is the lesson the world always seems to forgetSep 27, 2016 1:00 am - In April of 1937, the war planes of Nazi Germany and fascist Italy chose a market day to bomb a Basque town, one of the first times a civilian population was deliberatel...
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Rozner: Arnold Palmer left this world a better placeSep 27, 2016 1:00 am - He never forgot where he came from. This is an overused - and frequently misused - cliché that rarely or accurately explains the character of an individual. Sure, you ca...
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Good intentions turn out to be less than expectedSep 26, 2016 11:00 pm - Q. My family of three recently moved from the West Coast to the East Coast, where my family lives. At the urging of my mother, I took a demanding job and we are staying ...
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50 years ago: Elgin National Watch tower demolitionSep 26, 2016 11:00 pm - "I can't believe that the watch factory was here for 100 years and now it's gone." "So now I have to put a nickel in parking meter just to park for an hour?" "It looks...