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Rotary getting in the swim of thingsDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - When he's not swimming across the English Channel, or around Manhattan or the Isle of Wight, 66-year-old Michael Read of Ipswich, England, is making an annual visit to s...
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Remembering teensDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Down the hall from the pediatric patients at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge is a somewhat overlooked group: teens and adolescents who are hospitalized....
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Rate-freeze plan doesn't fix systemic problemsDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- How timely that just as President Bush was announcing a deal to help homeowners struggling with their mortgage payments, new data were released showing tha...
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Good while it lasted, which was not longDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - The end of an era in Chicago sports is upon us. As eras, go, it was a short one, but it was memorable nonetheless. Unless both sides are willing to come together on some...
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Are Cubs seeing the light on stats?Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - This space has been the toughest in Chicago on the Cubs' approach to baseball statistics and the science of "sabermetrics." But during Wednesday's teleconference with re...
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Different labeling criteria for 'lean,' 'low fat'Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. Does "lean" on a food label mean the same thing as "low fat" and "healthy"? A. Food labels such as lean, low fat and healthy are regulated by the Food and Dru...
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Mom: The holidays are not the same without LeeDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - The little silver engine pulls two miniature railroad cars, the golden candle holders on the roofs serving as smokestacks. "The train is Lee's menorah," says mother Beth...
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From BCS gains, losses to non-calls in basketballDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - It's finals week for our local semester-based colleges and the highbrow-sounding "Reading Week" at our local private Division I university. Since all this academic stuff...
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Even as trash TV, 'Crowned' disappointsDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - Want a quick end to the Hollywood writers' strike? Force TV and film producers to sit down and watch "Crowned" when it debuts at 8 p.m. Wednesday on WGN Channel 9. If th...
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Hard-hitting 'Bourne Ultimatum' pulls no punchesDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - "The Bourne Ultimatum" -- This cinematic shot of adrenaline is not just the best of the Bourne films, but also the best thriller I've seen in years. Director Paul Gr...