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Cycling stories of the year: Bike/pedestrian plans, safety education and mountain bike racingDec 31, 2023 9:28 am - Mountain bike racing, new bike/pedestrian plans and a safety education surge for Illinois students highlighted biking in 2023. Unfortunately, fatalities continued to ris...
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Good News Sunday: Recruits from Naval Station Great Lakes enjoy Christmas cheer in Arlington HeightsDec 31, 2023 9:20 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: On a warm Christmas Day, about 50 re...
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Is this too much to ask of 2024?Dec 31, 2023 6:00 am - Now that the year 2023 is about to be sent off for frequent flagrant fouls, here are some of the things I would like to see in 2024. Winning World Series manager Dusty Ba...
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Jim O'Donnell: Caitlin Clark and women's volleyball can't save a tedious year in sportsDec 31, 2023 6:00 am - SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT, 2023 – the year in sports media – isn't very far behind. The passwords were: “banalities” and “redundant.” Rights fees have never ...
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Grammar Moses: Avoid cliches like the plagueDec 31, 2023 6:00 am - “When do idioms devolve into clichés?” Tom Connelly writes. Tom’s question is an interesting one. His verb choice hints at one of the main differences between the two: Id...
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Baseball Way Back: Jody Davis had a career to sing aboutDec 31, 2023 5:45 am - Jo-dee, Jo-dee Davis. He hits the ball so far. Jo-dee, Jo-dee Davis. He's a home run star. That's how I remember one of Harry Caray's many variations on the “Ballad ...
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With deadline looming, is public pension funding heading in the right direction?Dec 30, 2023 5:34 pm - Most public pension systems in Illinois are facing a looming deadline to reach a 90% funded ratio within a few decades. That’s required most employers to increase require...
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The pendulum shifts in CaliforniaDec 29, 2023 9:56 am - In 2020, after Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon won office with nearly 54% of the vote, advocates for so-called reforms in the criminal justice system c...
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‘The cameras have been good for us’: Mandated police body cameras a positive, but not a panaceaDec 29, 2023 5:30 am - When they gear up for their first shift of 2024, police officers in 30 Illinois municipalities — 20 of them suburbs — will be strapping on body-worn cameras not only in l...
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No wiggle room in determining Trump’s eligibility for presidencyDec 29, 2023 3:30 am - Over the years millions of American parents must have told their children, "In America, anyone can become president." Of course, that's not quite true. To become presiden...