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After Pitts, it's a thin group at tight endApr 25, 2021 1:00 am - Seventh in a series Tight ends are notoriously difficult to project in the NFL draft as proven by Ron Gronkowski (42nd), Travis Kelce (63rd) and George Kittle (146th). O...
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Maintenance worker should have a contractApr 24, 2021 7:00 am - Q: Our association is self-managed. The association uses a "handyman" to perform various services for the association. This person is paid on a per-job basis. It's alway...
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A great communicator, like my aunt, keeps families togetherApr 24, 2021 7:00 am - I had an aunt in Oklahoma who was amazing. Aunt Virginia was my mother's eldest sister. Mom was the third child of four. Aunt Virginia lived her whole life as a wheat fa...
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A daughter's memories of a legendary Cubs broadcasterApr 24, 2021 1:00 am - First of 2 parts Jack Quinlan was born to broadcast the Chicago Cubs. "At the age of 4 he told my grandmother he wanted to be the Cubs announcer," said his daughter, Eva...
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Constable: 'Brain glasses' let concussion patient see path to recoveryApr 24, 2021 1:00 am - While driving in April 2019, Clare Mantelman of Barrington Hills was rear-ended by a car that drove her vehicle into the car in front of her. "My head hit the steering, ...
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Limited travel has had Blackhawks missing some citiesApr 24, 2021 1:00 am - Second of 2 parts With the Blackhawks only playing the other seven teams in their division, it meant no trips to New York, California, Las Vegas, St. Louis, Washington, ...
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After spring detour, reliever Ryan returns to CubsApr 23, 2021 11:00 am - The Cubs brought back left-handed reliever Kyle Ryan before Friday's game against Milwaukee and placed pitcher Shelby Miller on the injured list with a sore back. Ryan w...
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'Mortal Kombat' wages grim, vapid battle in film adaptationApr 23, 2021 6:00 am - “Mortal Kombat” - ★ ½ If you base a feature film on a violent video game in which fighters pull out their opponents' hearts and rip the spines out of their bodies, the l...
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Window shopping: A look at some creative displays in the Tri-CitiesApr 23, 2021 6:00 am - For more than 10 years, glancing at The Limited women's clothing store window display in the now empty Charlestowne Mall in St. Charles provided me with ideas for holida...
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Proposed state law would ban police from misleading young suspectsApr 23, 2021 5:30 am - For police trying to crack a tough case, one tool in the arsenal is deception - letting suspects think there's strong evidence against them, even when there's none, in h...