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Imrem: What if Jordan had left Bulls like Durant left Thunder?Jul 06, 2016 5:01 pm - Imagine back to 1990, when Michael Jordan was entering his prime and the Bulls looked like they were on the verge of finally breaking through to win an NBA title. Now im...
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Prospect High School speech students win national reputationJul 06, 2016 11:00 am - Prospect High School speech students win national reputation
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Caramelized zucchini rounds make a sweet salad from summer bountyJul 06, 2016 6:00 am - Right now my Community Supported Agriculture is, as it has for the past five years, delivering what seems like truckloads of fresh zucchini and summer squash to me every...
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Sweet or savory, individual hand pies sure to satisfyJul 06, 2016 6:00 am - A slice of pie is nice, but a hand pie, be still my heart! Double crust, warm filling, a single serving pastry you can eat out of hand; a grown-up pop tart, only better!...
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Kirkland's closed, but new location coming soonJul 06, 2016 5:30 am - Many Kirkland's devotees were shocked this spring to walk up to the popular home decorating store along the Randall Road corridor in Algonquin and find it closed. The st...
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Economic insecurity is core of Brexit voteJul 06, 2016 1:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer In these days after British citizens astonished the world - and themselves - by voting to leave the European Union, there have, not surprisingly, b...
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The overlooked substance in Donald Trump's speechJul 06, 2016 1:00 am - Most coverage of Donald Trump's recent speech in New York focused on his attacks on Hillary Clinton. Or the fact that he read the speech from a teleprompter. Or the fact...
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Imrem: Panic part of the fun of long baseball seasonJul 05, 2016 5:01 pm - OK, here we go again, having to defend the concept of panic as it relates to the Cubs. First of all, people have to stop advising other people not to panic over every Cu...
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Why Elgin group preserves, maintains historic 'Once-a-Year Church'Jul 05, 2016 1:00 pm - Nestled in a quiet tree-covered cemetery just west of Elgin is a beautifully preserved 1840s church that hasn't seen regular Sunday services in over a century. If that's...
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Real life includes inspiring storiesJul 05, 2016 5:00 am - I love movies. Movie critics? Now that's a different story. I just pulled the move "Mr. Holland's Opus" out of my movie collection. In this movie, it seems, people (in...