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Why there's a shortage of bikes, and how you can make yours last longerApr 12, 2021 6:00 am - With bikes hard to come by - parts and accessories, too - there is no better time to make friends with your local bike shop. Unfortunately, a survey of five bike shops r...
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Are 'vaccine passports' for real? Field is wide open on COVID-19 travel IDsApr 12, 2021 5:00 am - There's a lot of buzz about “vaccine passports” that offer digital documentation of a COVID-19 inoculation to ease travel during the pandemic, but what does that really ...
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Local signs we are living through the climate emergencyApr 12, 2021 1:00 am - Climate emergency. Why do so many of us turn away from these two simple words when, by acting together, we can greatly reduce the threat? Let's take a closer at what liv...
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Jim O'Donnell: Illini links to young Masters ace Zalatoris run orange, blue and trueApr 12, 2021 1:00 am - DURING THE CBS COVERAGE of the final round of The Masters Sunday, Jim Nantz and Sir Nick Faldo made one thing redundantly clear: Hideki Matsuyama was carrying "the weigh...
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Rozner: It's a hair too soon for White Sox panicApr 12, 2021 1:00 am - Just a little past the first week of the baseball season, there are certain things you can count on this time of year. One is overreaction and the other is panic. This i...
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Noisy duplex could use sound barrierApr 11, 2021 6:00 am - Q: We just purchased a home in a newly built duplex. Everything is OK except noise from the next-door unit. It seems that the adjoining wall is not well insulated. When ...
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Rozner: Playoffs would be a Blackhawks bonusApr 11, 2021 1:00 am - It's not surprising that the Blackhawks have gone from a relatively comfortable playoff position to fighting for their postseason lives in only a couple of weeks. With a...
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Community colleges will be key to recovery from pandemicApr 11, 2021 1:00 am - April is Community College Month. As a proud Harper College alum, vice chair of the Harper College Board of Trustees and board member of the Association of Community Col...
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Fried eggs and beer and the long waitApr 11, 2021 1:00 am - I am part of a small chain of three men, all of us riding out the pandemic, none of us particularly young. One of us is fully retired from the food service industry. I a...
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Antibiotics need further study in cancer treatmentsApr 10, 2021 7:00 am - You might be surprised to learn that a cancerous tumor is not a single set of cells and some of these tumor cells are more prone to spread to different parts of the body...