Columns
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Imrem: Hughes, Hawk both worthy of FameNov 08, 2016 4:01 pm - The calendar screams autumn but two of our voices of summer are back in the news. Chicago Cubs play-by-play announcer Pat Hughes hardly had time to leave after describin...
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Executive ends corporate career to launch European specialty storeNov 08, 2016 12:00 am - Vom Fass, a specialty foods retailer catering to foodies seeking out gourmet oils, vinegars, spices and "fine spirits," is opening its first Illinois store this mont...
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Lisle's Wild Birds Unlimited feeds birders' hobbyNov 08, 2016 12:00 am - Does anybody else remember The Nature Company? The retailer had a store at Oakbrook Center in the 1990s. It was a fun place to look around, like a shop you'd find in a n...
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An unusual election campaign finally almost overNov 08, 2016 12:00 am - Election Day has arrived. The polls will close within a few hours, and it will be over, finally and thankfully. My prediction here is that most Americans are not going t...
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DuPage County's final four aiming for the Final FourNov 08, 2016 12:00 am - Two games into the football playoffs and we're seeing the cream rise to the top. At least that's the developing case for DuPage County's four remaining teams. As Benet,...
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The Gangs of Washington are drawing their knivesNov 08, 2016 12:00 am - Deaths are often called untimely. But Janet Reno's this week was anything but. She was the attorney general who refused to appoint a special prosecutor to look into the ...
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Parents right to trust their instincts about overnights at grandma'sNov 08, 2016 12:00 am - Carolyn Hax is on leave. This column originally ran on Aug. 3, 2014. Q. My mother-in-law wants my 5-year-old to sleep over at her house. The problem is that even though ...
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America: Still greatNov 07, 2016 10:00 pm - You could feel the tension. Strolling down the street, shopping at the corner market, stopping for a bite at the local tavern, friends and neighbors greet each other as ...
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In praise of a cookie cookbook writer's geniusNov 07, 2016 10:00 pm - You can almost hear the thunder clap on Thanksgiving Day as this holiday season starts. Most of us finish our T-Day dinner and begin what feels like a triathlon of seaso...
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Imrem: Hammel news says Chicago Cubs in for difficult decisionsNov 07, 2016 4:01 pm - Ideally, the Chicago Cubs wouldn't have to change anything from their championship season. Everybody would be back in 2017, everybody would be happy, and everybody would...