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Lester: College of DuPage's legal tab at $3.9 million and growingMar 24, 2016 5:20 am - The College of DuPage's legal bills since last May have now reached at least $3.9 million and are only climbing, according to a memo I obtained in recent days. The tab c...
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Reel life: 'Eye' director calls drone tech 'scary'Mar 24, 2016 5:00 am - The political military thriller “Eye in the Sky” expands into suburban theaters this weekend. I awarded it four stars and called it a “tight, twisty high-tech morality t...
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'They're Watching' subjects reality TV to horror genreMar 24, 2016 5:00 am - Here comes one weird, cracked-out, trippy horror tale that kicks into high screams at the 62-minute mark. Then, it goes from being a slow-fuse parody of the reality TV s...
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Slusher: Liberal? Conservative? We let you label columnists' perspectivesMar 24, 2016 1:00 am - If you didn't know better, you would have thought George F. Will was a run-of-the-mill liberal when he scolded Senate Republicans this week for their refusal to consider...
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Rauner's office was interested in College of DuPage trustee pickMar 24, 2016 1:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner's office showed interest in the process to appoint a new College of DuPage board member to break a deadlock following the surprise resignation of Kathy...
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The empty promises of Trump and SandersMar 24, 2016 1:00 am - In a time of brushfire populism, the problem is not the populace, it is the populists who seek to lead it. The two candidates who call themselves revolutionaries - Berni...
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Happy thoughts lead to happy lifeMar 23, 2016 11:00 pm - It's a simple exercise. Take an index card and write down all the things in your life you can feel good about. Do you have a roof over your head, food on the table, clo...
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Will you put on your Easter best?Mar 23, 2016 11:00 pm - There's an outside chance I could show up for Easter Sunday services this morning wearing blue jeans. Or, better put, none of us spend as much time contemplating what we...
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Imrem: Illini should be lamenting the two who got awayMar 23, 2016 5:01 pm - At least former Illinois coaches Lon Kruger and Bill Self might inspire a tiny bit of local interest in the men's NCAA Tournament. Otherwise, short of gambling, finding ...
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New book features Northwest suburban tract homesMar 23, 2016 11:00 am - A research professor at Bryn Mawr College, Barbara Miller Lane, turned to the Northwest suburbs for material in her latest book, "Houses for a New World." Lane spent mo...