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Done in L.A., wants Chicago, so now what?Oct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - After weeks of talk, not much has changed, but this much is now certain: Kobe Bryant is leaving Los Angeles. There. That's pretty simple. He has passed the point of no r...
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Hockey clinic for girls a nice changeOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Pop quiz: Who knows what Title IX is? Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 led the National College Athletic Association officials creating more athletic program...
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There's nothing progressive about blocking vouchersOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - In today's political taxonomy, "progressives" are rebranded liberals dodging the damage they did to their old label. Perhaps their most injurious idea -- injurious to th...
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Japanese program arrives at Olive-MaryOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Olive-Mary Stitt students are getting a taste of the Japanese language and culture, thanks to $64,000 grant from Omron Corp. in Schaumburg, a subsidiary of a Japanese co...
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Secret spot delivers under tough conditionsOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - With my ice-fishing garb wrapped around my body, I gingerly stepped on a very mushy bank and flipped the tiny, white Mini-Mite jig parallel to the shoreline. By all stan...
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Burnett gets generous 'American Masters' treatmentOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - PBS' "American Masters" continues its thematic miniseries on apparently unhappy humorists with "Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character." Debuting at 9 p.m. Monday on WTTW C...
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Federal response to wildfires wasn't as great as you'd thinkOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN DIEGO -- The narrative being spun by the White House -- and seemingly adopted by the national media -- is that the Bush administration learned from its mistakes afte...
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Memories flood back on eve of big gameOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - St. Charles and Geneva haven't banged heads on a football field for nearly 30 years, since the days when fans packed the stands at the Saints' Reid Field near Thompson M...
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Look for reality -- not equality -- in marriageOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. Some friends were recently talking of marriage, but there is a problem: She makes several times what he makes, and they don't know how to divide the bills. If the...
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Make an ordinary meal extraordinary in 10 minutesOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - I've been sautéing chicken breasts and thighs and lean beef and pork in my well-seasoned iron skillet for years. A well-seasoned iron skillet has similar properties to a...