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Policymakers should embrace small businessesMar 31, 2024 5:50 am - Entrepreneurs launch their small businesses for many reasons. Some start their companies because they have a dream of turning their passion into a thriving enterprise. T...
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Aftermath of bridge collapse includes plenty of false informationMar 31, 2024 5:30 am - An explosive claim making the rounds on the internet suggests the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, was blown up. The FBI and Maryland’s top federal prosecutor said there was no evidence the bridge collapse was an act of terrorism. But that didn’t stop fake news about the tragedy from spreading on social media.
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Make foreign polluters payMar 30, 2024 1:13 pm - Motorists driving along the lakefront in Chicago this winter saw firsthand the effects of climate change: record-low Lake Michigan ice cover. The average ice cover among ...
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The things I used to do, Lord, I won’t do no moreMar 30, 2024 12:50 pm - My father spent the last 13 years of his work life at a sporting goods company, where he was an assistant department head. When he retired, 34 years ago, he had full and ...
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‘College is not the only option’: Marine Corps recruiter wants to increase awareness of Delayed Entry programMar 29, 2024 6:00 am - Staff Sgt. Sauveur Ralph, the station commander who oversees the Marines recruiting stations in Naperville, St. Charles and Aurora, wants more high school students aware of the Delayed Entry Program.
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Is it possible for gambling to seep into high school sports?Mar 29, 2024 5:44 am - With gambling scandals becoming a regular occurrence in the professional and college sports landscape, is it possible for something similar to happen at the high school level?
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Pursue peace, not war, in MideastMar 29, 2024 4:00 am - The current conflict in the Middle East will go down in history as one of the cruelest man-made catastrophe of this century. As of the writing of this article, more than ...
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A stirring of discontent over resorting to a vague descriptionMar 29, 2024 4:00 am - Alexa, cycling through an unending stream of images from my kitchen counter, beckons me to connect with a variety of network television sports content. And I am troubled....
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Things are great, but they’re miserable, tooMar 29, 2024 4:00 am - “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” In rereading the opening lines of Charles Dickens' “A Tale of Two Cities,” I had the sense they were written last w...
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Silvy: Stop with the cliches, it’s time for Bears to fully embrace changeMar 28, 2024 5:21 pm - The winds of change are blowing through Halas Hall like those early spring winds off of Lake Michigan. At times it can be cold and cruel. Just ask Justin Fields.