Columns
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Local bands make mark with spring releasesMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - With spring fast approaching, it's time to look at area bands that hold major promise for the new year. Here are a few recent releases that deserve further inquiry, and ...
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Director plays games with horror genre in 'Funny Games'Mar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm guessing that most people will hate "Funny Games" with the level of passion usually reserved for toppling governments or creating new religions. Two sociopaths weari...
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Don't count on Clinton, Obama being on same ticketMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - One of the great surprises of my first presidential campaign, back in 1960, came on the final morning of the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. Cecil Holland...
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Can you play basic blackjack with no house edge?Mar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Typical blackjack players give about a 1½ percent advantage to the house because of the mistakes they make playing their hands. But even those who get their entire basic...
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Questions answered about Debt Relief ActMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - New rules published by the Internal Revenue Service could save huge amounts of money for millions of financially troubled homeowners, especially those who sell for less ...
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Greasy Joan's modern flair enlivens MoliereMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - The mission of Greasy Joan & Co. as expressed in rhyme, involves re-imagining classics for contemporary times. For its first foray into the oeuvre of Moliere, the compa...
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Garden club names new officersMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - The Wheeling Garden Club announced the following new board members for its 2008/2009 season: Chris Brady, president; Amelia Possekel and Linda Reading, vice presidents; ...
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Rolling Meadows High reaches out to African villageMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - There's a village in sub-Saharan Africa so remote it has never seen Western aid. Even its own government has trouble reaching it. Rolling Meadows High School students an...
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A Central theme: Cubs will be fineMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - If it's March in Chicago, then it's time for Cubs fans to panic. Whether it's this injury or that ailment, this surgery or that procedure, the batting order, the rotatio...
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Bridging the generation gap with Pat BooneMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - How do you like the new mug shot of me? Hard to believe it's five years ago to the month that I started writing this column. Hard to believe, too, how my hair has gotten...