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To make playoffs, Bulls need their Big Three to evolveOct 24, 2023 1:00 pm - Bulls season is about to begin, so let's just jump right into it with a prediction, The Bulls will win 50 games this season. Clarification: If properly utilized, this gr...
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Americans learned a financial-crisis lesson. Washington did not.Oct 24, 2023 1:00 am - Congress and the Biden administration seem unaware that rising interest rates are about as "transitory" as they told us inflation would be - meaning, likely to be around...
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Hail to a chief: the president overrides the kindergartenOct 24, 2023 1:00 am - The narrative that President Joe Biden is too old to be president isn't holding up all that well, taking more than a few hits in recent months. Biden's arduous secret tr...
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'We want to do our part': Local health care workers prepare to deploy to GazaOct 23, 2023 5:00 am - When humanitarian aid workers return to Gaza, suburban physician Dr. Thaer Ahmad will be with them, even though it means stepping into the middle of a war. "If there's ...
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Stickers not transponders for tolls? Tollway could shift gears next yearOct 23, 2023 5:00 am - Now might be a good time to let your Illinois tollway transponder know how much you love it. That's because the agency could follow an industry trend shifting from hard-...
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State accepting proposals for second round of Healing Illinois grantsOct 23, 2023 5:00 am - The Illinois Department of Human Services recently launched the 2023-24 season of Healing Illinois, the state's $4.5 million racial healing grant-making initiative. It k...
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Stereotyping justifies violence and keeps us from recognizing our shared humanityOct 23, 2023 1:00 am - The story of more than 40 beheaded Israeli babies may go down in history with the "weapons of mass destruction" and the "Iraqi soldiers stole incubator and left 22 babie...
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Covering asbestos ceiling with drywallOct 22, 2023 7:00 am - Q: My home has "popcorn" ceilings, the kind with asbestos. The cost of asbestos removal is so high, I've decided to overlay the ceilings with drywall. The person I've hi...
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The search for the next great Bears quarterback takes an inevitable turnOct 22, 2023 7:00 am - The scramble to find out who in the wide world of eastern West Virginia is Tyson Bagent has been made necessary by the inevitable shelving of Justin Fields, who came to ...
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Baseball Way Back: From Cubs All-Star to Giant successOct 22, 2023 7:00 am - Part 3 of 3 When looking back on Shawon Dunston's career with the Cubs, one can't help thinking of the iconic image of the Shawon-O-Meter. The 30-by-40-inch sign with re...