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Newest artificial fireplace logs have advantages over woodNov 06, 2021 7:00 am - Q: I want to help the environment and use my fireplace more often but hate handling firewood. Is using commercial firelogs better than real wood and what types are best?...
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Finnish candlesticks evoke memories of wonderful tripsNov 06, 2021 6:00 am - I have lots of objects in my house, accumulated over 30 years since we first moved here many years ago. Many are from trips to Scandinavia. Today I have Finnish candlest...
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Steve Zalusky: Cultural tug-of-war for Jewish baseball starsNov 06, 2021 1:00 am - This season, there weren't enough Jewish major league baseball players on Opening Day to form a minyan -- the minimum number required for a lawful public Jewish service....
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Jim O'Donnell: Bears viewers must get past 'The Great Wall of Levy' on "Monday Night Football"Nov 06, 2021 1:00 am - THE FIRST APPEARANCE of the Bears on "Monday Night Football" was October 5, 1970. Keith Jackson, Don Meredith and Howard Cosell called the griddy pantomime. Mike Hull le...
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Constable: Wayne fox hunt features pageantry, etiquette and no bloodNov 06, 2021 1:00 am - The first rule of the Wayne-DuPage Hunt club is don't make assumptions about the hunt club members. Yes, they appear to be a large group on horseback with a pack of bark...
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Fun crafts highlight Changing Children's Worlds Foundation event in St. CharlesNov 05, 2021 6:00 am - Kim Svevo has spent the better part of three decades focusing on preventing child abuse and neglect. But a shift in focus from "fixing" kids who have suffered abuse to o...
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Spotlight: Broadway-bound 'Paradise Square' in Chicago, re-imagined 'Cinderella' in AuroraNov 05, 2021 6:00 am - Broadway bound Previews continue for "Paradise Square," the Broadway-bound musical set in 1863 New York and inspired by the true story of Lower Manhattan's impoverished...
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Dunn Museum to display lesser-known Ansel Adams works in new exhibitionNov 05, 2021 6:00 am - Dunn Museum to display lesser-known Ansel Adams works in new exhibition
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Supply chain issues leave police facing long waits for new patrol vehiclesNov 05, 2021 5:20 am - If you've shopped for a car recently, you know the pickings are slim. Supplies of new vehicles have been limited by COVID-19-related staffing issues at factories, increa...
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Feder: Facebook hackers bilk WGCI, V103 fansNov 05, 2021 1:00 am - Fans of two iHeartMedia Chicago radio personalities have been swindled out of thousands of dollars after falling for a get-rich-quick scheme on Facebook, Robert Feder wr...