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This red velvet skillet cookie can't be 'beet'Feb 23, 2022 5:00 am - “What are we making?” is the first thing I hear when my young students file in for their weekly class. “A giant cookie,” I recently replied. Their delight was only sligh...
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Julio Cruz, the 'igniter' on 1983 White Sox division champs, dies at 67Feb 23, 2022 12:00 am - Second baseman Julio Cruz, a key member of the White Sox's 1983 American League West division title team, died Tuesday night. He was 67. "The 'Cruzer' was the catalyst o...
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Rust, injuries, loss of composure and focus all part of the struggle for Bears defensive line in 2021Feb 23, 2022 12:00 am - The Bears defensive line was adequate - even above average - at times in 2021, but it never reached the heights it might have if Akiem Hicks could have stayed healthy an...
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After starring at Lake Zurich and Wisconsin, Jack Sanborn is ready for the NFLFeb 23, 2022 12:00 am - The dream was always there, but Jack Sanborn didn't start thinking it had any chance to become reality until his freshman year of high school at Lake Zurich. "I remember...
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Jim O'Donnell: Will the new Chicago casino trim the chances of the Bears moving to Arlington Heights?Feb 23, 2022 12:00 am - ONE YEAR AGO THIS WEEK, the headline atop The Daily Herald sports & media column said: "It's time for George S. Halas Stadium at Arlington Park." And the wonderland derb...
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Feder: WBBM Newsradio, V103 tie for first place in Chicago radio ratingsFeb 23, 2022 12:00 am - WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM, the Audacy all-news combo, and WVAZ 102.7-FM, the iHeartMedia R&B station, tied for first place in Chicago radio ratings released Tuesday, Rob...
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What else Juwan Howard needs to learnFeb 23, 2022 12:00 am - Yes, Michigan basketball coach Juwan Howard needs to take some anger-management classes while he sits out his five-game suspension for striking an opposing coach during ...
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The (continuing) border crisisFeb 23, 2022 12:00 am - These days, the news is dominated by reporting on the Russian threat to Ukraine, by increasing fatigue with COVID restrictions across the United States and by the contin...
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Look for mathematic sequences on your next nature hikeFeb 22, 2022 5:00 am - There's a reason I chose to be a naturalist. Calculus, physics, and statistics were never my friends. Fortunately, I was able to take a course titled Mathematics for Lif...
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Constable: Insect Fear Film Festival features 'King of Sting'Feb 22, 2022 4:30 am - For those of us who got the first vaccine shot, the second vaccine shot, the flu shot, the booster shot and all those other shots throughout our life, we owe a bit of gr...