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Q&A with 'Protégé' star Maggie Q on Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee and how she inspires womenAug 20, 2021 6:00 am - Maggie Q sits in a cushioned chair with her legs leisurely folded under her slender frame, a subtle affirmation of her physical flexibility and prowess as a celebrated a...
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Children who've lost loved ones to violence find solace at Camp SheilahAug 20, 2021 5:30 am - We see reports of the tragic toll every Monday morning, almost like the scores from the previous day's ballgames. How many people were shot over the weekend. How many di...
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5 storylines to watch during Saturday's Bills-Bears gameAug 20, 2021 1:00 am - The Bears host the Buffalo Bills at noon Saturday at Soldier Field for their second exhibition game. Rarely will you find a preseason game as loaded with storylines as ...
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Feder: 'A true news lion with heart' raises hopes at CBS 2Aug 20, 2021 1:00 am - Now that Jennifer Lyons has been named president and general manager of WBBM-Channel 2, look for the CBS-owned station to green-light plans to launch a 4 p.m. Monday-thr...
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Robbins: Freedom of speech gets squeezed from both sidesAug 20, 2021 1:00 am - "When I was a kid, I was shy," Ira Glasser, the longtime head of the American Civil Liberties Union, told a Canton, Massachusetts, audience last week. It seemed hard to...
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Welcome to baseball and gambling ... with apologies to Charlie HustleAug 20, 2021 1:00 am - Where to start? I guess apologies to Pete Rose is as good a place as any. To old Cub manager Leo Durocher, as well. Willie Mays. Mickey Mantle. Maybe Michael Jordan, too...
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Estrich: House could Cuomo be so out of touch?Aug 20, 2021 1:00 am - By Susan Estrich According to The New York Times, the soon-to-be former governor of New York is sitting on $18 million in campaign cash - with nothing to run for, a fir...
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Jim O'Donnell: The day Dick Duchossois said 'no' to Whitney HoustonAug 20, 2021 1:00 am - MUCH IS BEING MADE about the extraordinarily sad, doomed and downright mean spirits emanating from Arlington Park these days. Arlington's 2021 live season will go down i...
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If only the action thriller 'The Protégé' had been intentionally played for laughsAug 19, 2021 6:00 pm - “The Protégé” — ★ ★ ½ Dear Martin Campbell: The new thriller you directed, “The Protégé,” sure delivers on the action. The lithe model-turned-movi...
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Widescreen: 'Field of Dreams' TV series will be a hit, but 'Bull Durham' could be a home runAug 19, 2021 6:00 am - Major League Baseball's "Field of Dreams" game - you know, the one played in that Iowa corn field in which my beloved White Sox beat the Yankees thanks to a spectacular ...