Columns
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Reality check for Belichick: New York is the team to pickFeb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - What the heck, let's take a (long) shot here: Giants 20, Patriots 19. A while ago I discovered that being right isn't all it's cracked up to be. Making a logical case fo...
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Take some time to reach out to old friends, familyFeb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - You know, it was really my fault. Sure I could come up with all kinds of excuses -- we'd all moved to different parts of the country, there had been grad school, militar...
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Reason why inspectors don't walk on tile roofsFeb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. I find it hard to understand why home inspectors refuse to walk on concrete tile roofs. I know handymen, cable guys, chimney sweeps, and others who walk on tile r...
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Batavia-Simeon thriller won't soon be forgottenFeb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Everyone waking up Sunday morning and reading this column can put it down (just for a minute!) and go turn on ESPN Classic. Dave Roeske, who videotapes all Batavia's gam...
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For a quick getaway with the kids, be keen on KenoshaFeb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - It's here, the part of winter that features soot-capped snow mounds, gloomy skies, subzero temps, bouts of the blues and boredom and cries of "If I don't get out of this...
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Presenting 10 gift ideas for airline enthusiastsFeb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Valentine's Day is just a little over a week away. If you're still wringing your hands over what to get for your sweetheart, who's just plane nuts like we are, or you ju...
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Carpentersville keeping mum on prospects for developmentFeb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Officials in Carpentersville are keeping details about several economic development opportunities for the village close to their chests. And for good reason. Janice Mur...
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Chameleonic Galena celebrates wine, beer, spiritsFeb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Galena, tucked into the northwestern corner of Illinois, is something of a chameleon. For California dreamers, it has dun-colored hills and sloping terraces of vineyards...
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Chinese ask, and give, personal informationFeb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Sitting halfway around the world in the lobby of an upscale hotel sipping tea, I felt my face turning beet red. Only moments before, I had been formally introduced to th...
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Running the steps a way to tune into your inner RockyFeb 02, 2008 10:00 pm - What screams "Philadelphia" more than the Liberty Bell? It's the Rocky Steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which were famously traversed by Sylvester Stallone in th...