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Imrem: Bears' sustained failure starts with McCaskey familyJan 04, 2017 4:01 pm - Give Bears chairman George McCaskey credit for speaking with the media Wednesday at Halas Hall. But what took so long for it to happen? Even if all the McCaskeys had not...
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Olson pulls double-duty as lead of FOX's shameless 'Mick'Jan 04, 2017 10:00 am - Kaitlin Olson has been making us laugh while pushing the boundaries of good taste since 2005 as Sweet Dee on “It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” the surprisingly du...
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Prospect senior wins major student journalism honorJan 04, 2017 5:00 am - Prospect High School senior Mike Stanford of Arlington Heights has landed one of the biggest awards in high school journalism: sports story of the year from the Journali...
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Music notes: Have a blast with the BelvederesJan 04, 2017 5:00 am - The Belvederes boys To anyone familiar with the work of The Belvederes, it should be no surprise that this modern-day rock band was inspired by the soundtrack for T...
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Virtually no end of breakfast options and the perfect wines to accompany eachJan 04, 2017 5:00 am - Breakfast may or may not be the most important meal of the day, but it is certainly the most versatile. Breakfast can include fruits and vegetables, fats and proteins, s...
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How much are you paying to throw it away? Depends on where you liveJan 04, 2017 4:00 am - Each week it costs West Dundee about $5.50 per house to get rid of the garbage and recyclables accumulated by its residents. Homeowners probably don't know that because ...
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How Debbie Reynolds and 'Singin' in the Rain' have brightened my lifeJan 04, 2017 12:00 am - You can't be sad or cynical watching "Singin' in the Rain." I dare you to even try. Those rich Technicolor hues; those dashing jawlines and cherubic smiles; the wry chor...
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To live as if we are lovedJan 04, 2017 12:00 am - Many of us have a traumatic childhood memory of losing our mother's hand in a grocery or department store and feeling, for a panicky moment, that we may never be found a...
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Arlington chamber chief gets state accreditationJan 04, 2017 12:00 am - The executive director of the Arlington Heights Chamber of Commerce has accomplished something that only about 20 other chamber leaders in the state have done. Jon S. Ri...
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A look back at birding highlights of '16Jan 03, 2017 10:00 pm - Birding deserves a year in review story just like the myriad other categories of American life and culture. So for all the watchers out there, here's my compendium of b...