Columns
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Ribfest sitting pretty to celebrate 21st yearMay 05, 2008 11:00 pm - I'll always remember our family's first Ribfest in 1993. Our then 10-year-old son hit a few consecutive baskets at one of the midway carnival games, and we proudly took...
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Passing camp connects; Rotzoll receives national attentionMay 05, 2008 11:00 pm - It's no big secret that the most complex position in football is quarterback. The player in the center of the action requires skill, passion, intelligence and the abilit...
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10 years later, Wood gem still quite strikingMay 05, 2008 11:00 pm - CINCINNATI -- Kerry Wood and I "came up together," so to speak. Kerry's rookie year of 1998 was my first year as the Cubs beat writer for the Daily Herald. We've been th...
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One arrest shouldn't seal Benson's fateMay 05, 2008 11:00 pm - The Bears shouldn't even consider cutting Cedric Benson until training camp and, if he's healthy, they shouldn't cut him regardless of the outcome of Saturday night's ar...
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Expanded presidential war powers began with TrumanMay 05, 2008 11:00 pm - INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- Business, meaning research by historians and nourishment for history hobbyists, is brisk at the Harry S Truman Library on this 60th anniversary of t...
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Career coach says employees must shift focus from job satisfactionMay 05, 2008 11:00 pm - A career coach from Lincolnshire believes there is hope in the workplace despite uncertain economies and job markets. A big part of the equation comes from within. Jeffr...
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Wins, losses bottom line in sportsMay 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Let's not kid ourselves, folks. If the Bears release Cedric Benson, it won't be because he's found guilty of intoxicated boating and resisting arrest. If the Bears keep ...
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The latest IRS report reveals the truth about income taxesMay 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Taxes are unpleasant and unfair. We all know this. And our friends in government work hard to keep it that way. The only thing about taxes that all Americans can agree o...
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Guillen, Piniella verbal outbursts a whole lot more bark than biteMay 05, 2008 11:00 pm - From 1959 to 2007, shark attacks killed 23 people in U.S. waters. While eternally bad for the 23 unlucky souls, that's fewer than one death every two years from shark at...
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Sleepy Hollow begins celebrating its 50 yearsMay 04, 2008 11:00 pm - The late Floyd Falese started Sleepy Hollow more than 50 years ago by buying farms in northwest Elgin. The village incorporated in 1958 on April 29 with fewer than 500 r...