Columns
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Obama's legacy of a pre-post-racial eraMay 31, 2016 1:00 am - As Barack Obama's presidency takes a back seat to the psychodrama known as the 2016 election, historians, speculators and revisionists are busy writing his presidential ...
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Some truth for today's graduatesMay 31, 2016 1:00 am - By Ruben Navarrette Jr. As they celebrate commencement at colleges around the country, graduates can expect to get the same gift: plenty of unsolicited advice from their...
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Grant's Sangster casts her basketball vote with Illinois-SpringfieldMay 31, 2016 1:00 am - Jasmine Sangster, a 5-foot-6 all-area senior guard from Grant High School, has committed to play basketball for Illinois-Springfield. The four-year varsity player and th...
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Rozner: Warriors' 73 meaningless without titleMay 31, 2016 1:00 am - Michael Jordan said it over and over again during the 1995-96 season. Regular-season wins are just that. They wanted 70. Of course they did. They wanted to do something ...
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Keegan, Walker hit it big in collegiate softballMay 31, 2016 1:00 am - Former Elk Grove standout Megan Keegan closed out her softball career at North Dakota State by earning All-Big Sky honorable mention accolades this spring. Keegan finish...
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Lashing out causes more miseryMay 30, 2016 11:00 pm - I've become a fan of reruns of the medical melodrama "House." If you didn't watch this show, it features a brilliant but emotionally tortured physician who weekly confro...
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Some plants, animals use poison to protect themselvesMay 30, 2016 11:00 pm - You wanted to know "Why are some frogs poisonous, and why are some plants or animals poisonous at birth?" Two curious readers, a young Wauconda Public Library patron and...
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Algonquin Commons now welcomes dogsMay 30, 2016 11:00 pm - If you're trying to match your new headband or sweater to your favorite pooch's fur, the folks at Algonquin Commons are making it a little easier. Starting Wednesday, Ju...
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Imrem: Ballplayers not bigger than life, not on this dayMay 30, 2016 5:01 pm - Looking down from the Wrigley Field press box on most days, major-league players are imagined to be 10 feet tall. Not on Memorial Day. On this day of all days they can't...
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Century-old Chevy still sweet as a babyMay 30, 2016 6:00 am - Mike Ziegler has a knack for preserving old things - specifically cars. To him, the earlier the better. As a spunky teenager he bought a 1930 Ford Model A. It was his fi...