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Notebaert museum exhibit drives home climate changeApr 03, 2016 7:00 am - Climate change can be hard for people to understand because humans are adaptable. But other life-forms aren't so lucky. “We don't have to shiver or pant, we can just cha...
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Task Force: Chicago employers should offer paid sick leave
Apr 03, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago employers should offer workers at least five paid sick days a year. The Chicago Tribune reports (http://trib.in/1W3nfXv ) that is the recommendati...
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Private investors eye rail line to ease Chicago congestion
Apr 03, 2016 7:00 am - MUNSTER, Ind. (AP) - A developer says its proposal for an $8 billion, 278-mile rail line from Indiana to Wisconsin would greatly relieve Chicago-area freight congestion....
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Chicago mayor seeks federal probe into racist radio calls
Apr 03, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is asking federal and Cook County authorities to look into an outburst of racial slurs that have been broadcast over police dep...
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McKnight: Postseason history has Sale's full attentionApr 03, 2016 1:01 am - 1908 was a long, long time ago. Ask anyone in town. Baseball has as a way of bringing back its history, however, and through Chris Sale, the game did exactly that in the...
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Our baseball experts offer their 2016 MLB predictionsApr 02, 2016 11:00 am - If we could make a living from our baseball predictions, then this dispatch would have a Las Vegas dateline on it. It doesn't, but we won't let that stop us. Whether we ...
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Otto: Chicago Cubs must be ready to face a 162-game grindApr 02, 2016 10:48 am - "You look forward to Opening Day like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen." -Joe DiMaggio As Opening Day approaches for ...
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Midwest travel: Pork party Cochon555 returns to Chicago April 24Apr 02, 2016 7:21 am - Chicago Bacon-wrapped date Baconfest Chicago generally sells out, but there's room for your love of cured meat at the annual Bacon Month Kickoff party starting...
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Youth home employees charged in death of Chicago teen
Apr 02, 2016 7:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - Two men working at a residential facility for troubled children in northern Illinois have been charged in the asphyxiation death of a 16-year-old C...
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Ostrowski: White Sox need a fast start to shake the pastApr 02, 2016 1:01 am - Chicago White Sox fans are used to their team being in "win now" mode. Now means April and May, in addition to the rest of the 2016 season. Team officials didn't put a c...