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Harper, ECC semifinalists for $1 million Aspen Prize for community college excellenceApr 27, 2022 1:00 am - Harper College in Palatine and Elgin Community College are among 25 semifinalists for the 2023 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, officials announced Wednesda...
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No surprise: Toews and Kane believe Hawks can turn things around in a hurryApr 27, 2022 1:00 am - Professional athletes are nothing if not extremely optimistic. No matter how bleak things may appear from the outside, most pros believe they can win the next game, clim...
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Projecting all 6 Bears picks on the mock draft dart boardApr 27, 2022 1:00 am - I am not a fan of mock drafts. They portend a level of knowledge no one, including the very best of the NFL's general managers and personnel experts, can possibly have. ...
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From Johnny Depp to Rece Davis, an incomplete guide to the brawny NFL DraftApr 27, 2022 1:00 am - IF THE IMMORTAL WAYLON JENNINGS was singing about it, he might ask, "Don't you done think this NFL Draft bit's done got out of hand?" Instead, beginning Thursday night o...
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LaVine could miss Game 5 after entering health and safety protocolsApr 26, 2022 11:00 am - With the potential final game of the season looming, one more round of bad luck seems appropriate for the Bulls. The team confirmed Zach LaVine entered health and safety...
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Spotlight: Chekhov's 'Seagull' inaugurates Steppenwolf's new in-the-round theaterApr 26, 2022 6:00 am - A re-imagined classic Steppenwolf Theatre's Jeff Perry returns to the theater he co-founded for fellow ensemble member Yasen Peyankov's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's "Se...
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Constable: Self-made filmmaker from Lisle finds his way to make a full-length movieApr 26, 2022 5:10 am - As a kid playing basketball and football at Lisle High School, Zachary Trussell didn't have all the ingredients to feed his passion for film. "My mom loves movies, so I ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Unlike Cubs in April '97, Sox fans have no option to shoot the goatApr 26, 2022 1:00 am - TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO - April 1997 - the Cubs opened the season 0-14. That sort of dark start makes the White Sox current pan dripping look positively Pale Hose by compa...
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Feder: 'Seinfeld' Food Truck returns to ChicagoApr 26, 2022 1:00 am - It's been 10 years since the "Seinfeld" Food Truck rolled into the Chicago area. Now it's coming back - loaded with free treats (but no soup) for everyone. To promote r...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: On reaching Medicare ageApr 26, 2022 1:00 am - Having snuck past the tequila of my 20s, defeated the heart-cracking stress of my reporter days, and still peering out from under a lifetime mountain of pipe tobacco, I ...