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'Something I shall never forget': MLK's historic speech still inspires suburban leadersAug 28, 2023 5:30 am - A momentous speech 60 years ago changed the course of Clyde Brooks' life. On Aug. 28, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech ...
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On Andy Warhol and pop art cultureAug 28, 2023 1:00 am - Stacks of Campbell's soup cans, Coca- Cola bottles, Brillo boxes, Dick Tracy and Superman. The recent Bank of America Andy Warhol Exhibit at my old alma matter College ...
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New home with drainage problemsAug 27, 2023 7:00 am - Q: We bought a newly built home about three years ago. Since then, we have been dealing with drainage issues, mainly pooling rainwater in the backyard. We've worked with...
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Good News Sunday: Local restaurants host fundraisers for survivors of Maui wildfiresAug 27, 2023 6:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: Although more than 4,000 miles away, the...
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Jim O'Donnell: Bellinger, Hoyer and Notre Dame to the Big Ten - the Ins and Outs of AugustAug 27, 2023 5:30 am - COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S ALREADY IN THE AIR and the NFL less than two weeks away: Isn't that why the Gregorian calendar has a September? Hot stuffs, cool punts, even if it's o...
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Lincicome: Sell the White Sox? How about stay and get betterAug 27, 2023 5:30 am - OK, so the White Sox have turned the page. Chances are the next page will be just as blank as the last page. The Sox have more blank pages than Wally's diary. Still, so...
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State and national athletic governing bodies agree: Hazing not tolerated on any level, especially in high schoolAug 27, 2023 1:00 am - When Northwestern University fired Pat Fitzgerald as its head football coach amid myriad allegations of hazing incidents within the program, the university served notice...
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Enough park land for every resident? Which suburban districts meet the national standardAug 26, 2023 1:00 am - With just 138 acres of property, the Park Ridge Park District's footprint is one of the smallest in the suburbs. The district serves nearly 40,000 people, though, which ...
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Facts Matter: Tropical Storm Hilary didn't flood Dodger StadiumAug 26, 2023 1:00 am - Tropical Storm Hilary hit downtown Los Angeles on Aug. 20, making it the wettest recorded August day in the California city, with 2.48 inches of rainfall, the National W...
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Beware: At just $19 a month, or 63 cents a day, those charitable pitches really add upAug 25, 2023 11:00 pm - By Susan Anderson-Khleif There is a new pitch afoot. It's in your email, it's in TV commercials. It's relentless. What is it? It is a broad array of organizations asking...