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Pastor shares stories behind your favorite Christmas songsDec 25, 2020 5:00 am - To make the point that we really needed Christmas cheer this year, Chicago radio station WLIT 93.9 FM started its 24 hours of holiday music daily just after Halloween. I...
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What's Christmas Day like for police, jail officers?Dec 25, 2020 4:30 am - By Chuck Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas What do Santa Claus and law-enforcement officers have in common? Both have special uniforms, and both have to work the Christmas ho...
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Schultz: A Christmas like no otherDec 25, 2020 12:00 am - So, this is Christmas. No travel, and no family or friends outside our secure little bubbles. If we are to take care of one another, this is what we had to do, one house...
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Former DePaul star Sam Quigley Smith looking to build Lewis into hoops powerDec 25, 2020 12:00 am - Probably one of the most popular girls basketball camps in the Chicago area is the Doug Bruno Camp. Bruno, the women's basketball coach at DePaul for 35 years, has enthu...
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Hub Arkush: Have the Bears fixed the tight end position?Dec 25, 2020 12:00 am - Throughout the NFL last March, few free agent signings were analyzed and criticized more than the Bears' rush to give Jimmy Graham a two-year, $16 million contract, incl...
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Christmas, past and presentDec 25, 2020 12:00 am - Christmas involves both a religious event of profound significance, recognition of the birth and enduring influence of Jesus, and the tangible largely secular exchange o...
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Parking lot Santa visit brings cheer to UPS for DownS familiesDec 24, 2020 5:00 am - Young Lilliani Padilla, 10, of Wadsworth rode in the car with her mother and sisters for more than hour before they arrived in Schaumburg. But the prize was worth the wa...
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In 2020, the best entertainment was like eating grilled cheese and tomato soupDec 24, 2020 5:00 am - Tasked with producing an end-of-year list of some kind, I keep coming back to one word that best sums up my screentime in 2020: comfort. Comfort is hard to come by in a ...
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Sound check: Guardrail, Safe Bet play streaming festivalDec 24, 2020 5:00 am - The day after Once you've carbo-loaded on figgy pudding and fruitcake and are looking for a quiet hole to hibernate in, here's another option to keep the dopamine ...
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Action-packed 'Wonder Woman 1984' a mixed blessing for superhero film fansDec 24, 2020 5:00 am - “Wonder Woman 1984” - ★ ★ Just when we needed a pure escapist superhero movie to lift us out of our pandemic malaise and inspire us with some truth, justice and American...