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Lemon bar fans, you know who you areSep 20, 2016 6:00 am - There are certain baked goods that elicit a fierce loyalty among fans. They bring out strong feelings about how they should be prepared (often the same way they were pre...
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Constable: Bullying knows no boundsSep 20, 2016 5:30 am - Bullying is one of those experiences that stays with you - even if you weren't the victim or the bully. I still harbor the coward's pain of being one of the boys standin...
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What it's like to be one of the world's top Obama impersonatorsSep 20, 2016 5:30 am - Strangers have spit in his face and thrown punches at him. Others have tearfully hugged him, handed him babies or fainted in his presence. People have taken his photo mo...
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North: Louisville's quarterback takes over Heisman raceSep 20, 2016 5:19 am - The random thoughts machine is rolling, so let's get started with some college football talk. … • Christian McCaffrey, Leonard Fournette and Deshaun Watson plus a few ot...
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Look past double standard to see manipulation for what it is - abuseSep 20, 2016 1:00 am - Q. I had a college friend until age 35, when he started dating and then married a girl who was not just entirely uninterested in me and my then-girlfriend (now my spouse...
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Trying to figure out this head-scratcher of a seasonSep 20, 2016 1:00 am - Four weeks in, and the football season's getting a little strange ... at least in DuPage County. Sure, Glenbard West remains Glenbard West and Neuqua Valley remains Neuq...
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The true value of lifeSep 20, 2016 1:00 am - By Kathryn Jean Lopez "Life is a gift, not an accident," Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said in a recent speech at the University of Notre Dame. "And the poin...
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Trump's truth sets us freeSep 20, 2016 1:00 am - At long last, Donald Trump has set himself free. At a highly choreographed event Friday, the Republican candidate for president of the United States finally issued his v...
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Relationships break down from the inside, not outSep 19, 2016 11:00 pm - Q. I made the mistake of looking up my boyfriend's ex-girlfriend and discovered she's beautiful and accomplished. They broke up over a year before we got together. She w...
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Many aspects of pyramid construction still a mysterySep 19, 2016 11:00 pm - "How was the pyramid of Giza made?," asked a Vernon Area Public Library District patron who attended a recent youth program. The library is in Lincolnshire. The world's ...