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Legend Sorenstam, No. 1 Korda hold leads at LPGAJan 22, 2022 12:00 am - LAKE NONA, FL. - The Ladies PGA Tour, like the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions, opens each season with a Tournament of Champions. The women do it a little differently, t...
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Zalusky, Part 2: Doby's short, bittersweet stint as Sox skipperJan 22, 2022 12:00 am - When Bill Veeck signed Larry Doby as the first Black player in the American League in 1947, he immediately rushed him onto the major league roster with the Cleveland Ind...
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'Everyone pulled together': Suburbanites' memories of '67 blizzard tales of fun, fearJan 22, 2022 12:00 am - Suburbanites who weathered the region's record-breaking January 1967 snowstorm look back on sweet and somber memories. Blizzard babies Alissa Frankel DePue was a 3-mon...
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Constable: Blizzard? Prairie fires once were 'demons' in what's now the suburbsJan 22, 2022 12:00 am - We suburbanites complain about the cold and snow. We're a few months away from griping about the heat and humidity. We dread droughts, fear floods, carp about coyotes, a...
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It's hard to talk to a Hollywood star when you don't realize he was one of your heroesJan 21, 2022 5:00 am - Throughout my career, I've interviewed or at least spoken to several people who have been in the national spotlight. Marquette basketball coach Al McGuire; former Bulls ...
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Along for the Ride: Find inspiration to make your 2022 biking goals happenJan 21, 2022 5:00 am - Ambitious biking goals, inspirational in January, can fall victim to many obstacles - medical, family, pandemic. That's my take anyway after a spring knee injury slammed...
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New state law on FOID cards aims to stop tragedies like Henry Pratt mass shooting in AuroraJan 21, 2022 4:20 am - On Feb. 15, 2019, a disgruntled employee walked into the Henry Pratt Co. factory in Aurora and killed five co-workers before being fatally wounded in an intense firefigh...
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New state law on FOID cards aims to stop tragedies like Henry Pratt mass shooting in AuroraJan 21, 2022 4:20 am - An earlier version gave an incorrect time for the North Shore Legal Aid Clinic's cooking demonstration. ...
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Feder: WDCB station manager Dan Bindert keeps the faith with jazz fansJan 21, 2022 12:00 am - As a mainstay of public radio in the Chicago area for more than two decades, Dan Bindert has worked to keep the sounds of jazz in the air with the passion of a true fan....
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Cubs' Wieck back on the mound following heart surgeryJan 21, 2022 12:00 am - Ginger Wieck placed her ear on the chest of her concerned husband last July. "It doesn't sound normal," Brad Wieck was told. Considering that the 6-foot-8, 257-pound Wie...