Columns
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Legislation seeks to ensure halal, kosher foods available in hospitals, schoolsNov 21, 2022 4:30 am - By Madhu Krishnamurthy As suburban families prepare to come together this week for Thanksgiving meals, among the meat options they might find at the grocer are halal and...
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Major fixes on the Kennedy, 'smart corridors' on routes 64 and 56 heading our wayNov 21, 2022 4:30 am - By Marni Pyke With the interminable Jane Byrne Interchange reconstruction terminating this year, the Illinois Department of Transportation is shifting gears to several p...
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It's (holiday) show time: Suburban, city theaters rebound from the pandemic with a plethora of seasonal offeringsNov 20, 2022 6:30 am - If Christmas 2021 saw Chicago-area theaters beginning to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, Christmas 2022 suggests it's about complete, with many companies producing a...
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Fireplace flaws should have been reportedNov 20, 2022 5:00 am - Q: We have an old deteriorated fireplace in a 1914 home. There are holes in the mortar, smoke stains on the mantle, numerous cracks in the exterior stucco, and the chimn...
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O'Donnell: Kmet heads the November “In” crowd but why don't Bears shut Fields down?Nov 20, 2022 4:00 am - CLOWNS TO THE LEFT, turkeys to the right, stuck in the middle of a frosty November weekend with the latest monthly installment of Ins and Outs: • In — Cole Kmet — Way in...
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Lincicome: I'm here to tell you everything you need to know about the World CupNov 20, 2022 4:00 am - There is no reward for knowing everything about soccer, which I do. I have covered it, coached it, played it. I toured with it, tippled with its legends. I lost a gig at...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Pull up a chair for coming GOP presidential campaign spectacleNov 20, 2022 12:00 am - A mere mortal would hang his head in shame. It should be lost on no one that this is the third election cycle - 2018, 2020 and now 2022 - that the Democrats have won by ...
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Good News Sunday: Learning for Life instructor at Lisle High School helps students reach their potentialNov 19, 2022 10:00 pm - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: Ask Jen Milinki's students what they lik...
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When the children take over holiday traditionsNov 19, 2022 6:00 am - Here we are. Thanksgiving week. For years we all have had traditions, and everyone knew their part. What to cook, where to go, who hosts the gathering - a meeting of the...
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Grammar Moses: Let's have a Scrabble-dictionary convo about fauxhawksNov 19, 2022 12:00 am - It's been many years since I've played Scrabble. "Hey, do you feel like beating the pants off me at Scrabble?" is not generally something I'm asked by friends or family ...