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Waubonsee helps students 'thrive locally, transfer easily'Oct 17, 2021 11:00 pm - Nationally, community colleges have a uniquely different mission than other types of institutions of higher learning. By providing an affordable and quality education t...
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Metropolis' 'Legally Blonde' a slight confectionOct 17, 2021 11:00 pm - “Legally Blonde” - ★ ★ For pure fluff, there's no show quite like “Legally Blonde.” Adapted from the hit 2001 film, this musical about a privileged Malibu princess, who ...
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Good News Sunday: Women veterans recognized for their service on first all-female honor flightOct 17, 2021 7:30 am - Good News Sunday: Women veterans recognized for their service on first all-female honor flight
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Firewall requirements in attached garagesOct 17, 2021 7:00 am - Q: Our house was built in 1955, before firewalls were required in garages. Now that we're selling, the buyers want us to upgrade the garage to current fire-safety requir...
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Facts Matter: Latest vaccine falsehood claims deadly parasite is an ingredientOct 17, 2021 5:30 am - Social media users recently shared a fuzzy, black-and-white image of what is purported to be a parasite in the Pfizer vaccine, they claim is made up of "carbon, oxygen, ...
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Grammar Moses: Linguistic anomalies and odditiesOct 17, 2021 5:30 am - Today please enjoy a mailbag column from readers who have observed some pretty weird linguistic anomalies in recent weeks. But first, I have a question for White Sox ma...
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Political fights may derail help for disabledOct 17, 2021 1:00 am - The federal debate in Washington now is again dominated by political rancor and gamesmanship. But underneath the sound bites that grab headlines, Congress is poised to m...
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Progressiveness is fine, but let's not ignore a little decencyOct 17, 2021 1:00 am - Not everything means what it seems to mean. In the post-industrial New England town where I live, the library is a big granite structure built to impress in the 19th cen...
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3 plays that show Justin Fields is still learning to be a NFL QBOct 17, 2021 1:00 am - It takes time to become an elite NFL quarterback. Rarely does it happen overnight. Peyton Manning, Steve Young, Joe Montana, John Elway and Aaron Rodgers stumbled quite ...
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Bears' loss to Packers a shining example of why they're not ready yetOct 17, 2021 1:00 am - The Bears' 24-14 loss to the Green Bay Packers was a lot like a movie we've seen before. Rookie quarterback Justin Fields had an outsized impact, both pros and cons, but...