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Dialogue, plot cop out in crime dramaOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - "We Own the Night" sounds like the title for a horror movie about vampires. If only. Nope. Instead, "We Own the Night" is an old-fashioned, potboiler family crime drama ...
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When it comes to drama, cliched sports drama strikes outOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - "The Final Season" wants to be a cinematic valentine to the all-American sport of high school baseball. Instead, it's more like a valentine to shallow sports movie clich...
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Time for a sneak peek at playoffsOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Have we ever gone into Week 8 of a high school football season with neither Libertyville nor Stevenson having clinched a playoff berth? The slow starts by both perennial...
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Indians will erase Red Sox in seven gamesOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Can the Cleveland Indians make it three in a row? The last two American League teams to play in the World Series came out of the American League Central. The White Sox s...
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Big Ten mental health checkOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - It happened almost overnight -- autumn finally wriggled free of summer's grasp and football weather blitzed the area. Several Big Ten teams are also cooling off, which c...
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Cubs won't get rid of RamirezOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - It's always been my belief that the best form of censorship is self-censorship. In other words, radios and TVs come with on-off switches for a good reason. We're starti...
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Bruzdzinski just racks up big numbers, no hoopla requiredOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Katie Bruzdzinski departed Naperville North as the school's all-time leader in kills with 1,334 and arrived at the University of Michigan ready to test her talent in big...
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'Win one for the Gipper' pep talks keep losing their appealOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - It's been a long time since I was in a high school locker room before the start of an event. Like 53 years long. When I was actually covering sports as a Daily Herald re...
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'Eco-friendly' loans gaining momentumOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Rising energy prices coupled with the lending industry's efforts to keep making more loans are focusing new attention on "green" mortgages. Q. A bank in my area is adver...
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Oh, the burdens of being among the very wealthyOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Enough, already, with compassion for society's middle and lower orders. There currently is a sympathy deficit regarding the very rich. Or so the rich might argue because...