Columns
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How your boss will save your lifeJan 14, 2022 12:00 am - I've been through this before. Here's how it's gonna go. When I first started working in newsrooms 40 years ago, not only could you smoke, you could put 'em out on the f...
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Lincicome: Leave it to Kevin Durant to tell us the Bulls are back in townJan 14, 2022 12:00 am - So, how about them Bulls? Let's start here. Some team will be the NBA champion and if it is the Bulls I will personally build the landing strip for flying pigs. Of cours...
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Dietz: Buddies King, Eakins meet for first time as coaches when Hawks host DucksJan 14, 2022 12:00 am - Friendships begin in myriad ways. During a long conversation. After a round of golf. During youth, high school or collegiate athletics. Through fantasy sports. Rarely, ...
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Feder: Working solo in the suburbs, Ed Volkman finds Star 96.7 audience 'very welcoming'Jan 14, 2022 12:00 am - Generations of fans grew up listening to Ed Volkman and Joe Colborn, the endearing Chicago radio duo known as Eddie & Jobo. Thanks to their 20-year run as the highly-rat...
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Gonzales: Here's what Cubs fans would've asked had there been a conventionJan 14, 2022 12:00 am - Forget about the 91-loss 2021 season and the departures of Anthony Rizzo, Javier Baez and Kris Bryant. Ignore the frigid temperatures outside the Sheraton Grand, where o...
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How new laws, advocacy and charity helped strengthen support for cycling in 2021Jan 13, 2022 10:00 pm - While 2021 taught us that breakthroughs and being positive aren't always desirable, new funding laws, strong advocates and cyclists' charity restored hope for bikers las...
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Neighbors in the News: Des Plaines officers honored with Life Saving AwardJan 13, 2022 5:00 am - • Des Plaines police officers Kevin Connolly and Jessica Garcia were presented with Life Saving Awards before the Des Plaines City Council meeting on Dec. 6. Responding...
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Year in birding: 2021 brought several rare sightings and new conservation lawsJan 13, 2022 5:00 am - Year in birding: 2021 brought several rare sightings and new conservation laws
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Bruce and Barack: Cool dudes on the state of the nationJan 13, 2022 12:00 am - By Jamie Stiehm Who would you rather hang with, Bruce Springsteen or Barack Obama? Luckily, you don't have to choose, because Bruce and Barack have a bestselling book, ...
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Feder: Patrick Elwood joins Dina Bair as WGN midday co-anchorJan 13, 2022 12:00 am - Patrick Elwood, a genial general-assignment reporter at Nexstar Media WGN-Channel 9, has been named midday news co-anchor with Dina Bair, starting Monday. He succeeds Ju...