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Wendy’s: 5 free Frostys and a free salad with $1 Boo Book purchase
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With a flag and a microphone, protester demands justice in Van Dyke trial
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Morning Spin: Mayor Rahm Emanuel looks to expand youth mentoring
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Must marrying couple invite groomsman’s abusive partner?
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As heavy rains, heat waves become more common, fans could see more baseball games postponed
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American, Frenchman, Canadian win Nobel for work with lasers
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Desperation explodes to anger as Indonesia quake death toll rises above 1,200
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Kavanaugh withdraws from Harvard Law gig as students sign letter objecting to his role
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North Korea may have up to 60 nuclear weapons, South Korea says
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Cook County watchdog says ‘scheme to defraud’ saved Pritzker $330,000 in property taxes
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Kavanaugh once started a bar fight that led to his questioning by police, Yale grad says
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Cubs vs. Rockies: Who has the edge in tonight’s NL wild-card game at Wrigley Field?
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With the midterm elections coming, Trump’s advisers try to get him to hold back
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Cubs’ ‘L’ flag gains popularity — among Brewers fans
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Fantasy football Week 5: Start Ben Roethlisberger and sit Sam Darnold
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Domestic violence survivors, families gather to heal together
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Poll: Americans worry U.S. is losing allies, support for global engagement rises
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5 observations from re-watching Bears-Buccaneers, including Mitch Trubisky’s comfort level and Tarik Cohen’s workload
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Melania Trump kicks off tour of Africa in Ghana amid questions, criticism
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Comparing Mitch Trubisky under Matt Nagy and John Fox (please hold your laughter until the end)
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Our latest fixation: Northman Beer & Cider Garden
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Wisconsin pizza delivery driver calls 911 after kidnapped woman mouths ‘help me’
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Study reveals most-Googled medical symptoms by state
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The piano wizardry of Oscar Levant, finally in a boxed set
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Ballistic doors and smoke cannons: Firms sell school ‘hardening’ as mass shooting solution
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Hotels take on Airbnb by offering home-sharing — with mixed results
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Talk of the County: Hey Cosby victims, ‘what did you think was going to happen?’
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Kids with cellphones more likely to be bullies — or get bullied. Here are 6 tips for parents.
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Alex Trebek moderated a gubernatorial debate in Pennsylvania. It didn’t go well.
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Taylor Swift will open the 2018 American Music Awards
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Prickly City- killing stuff
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Trailblazing CEO Indra Nooyi leaves PepsiCo on high note, with stronger-than-expected earnings
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Football-related brain injury claims life of Georgia high school linebacker
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Talk of the County: Kavanaugh haters ‘ought to shut their mouths until the facts come in’
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Five things to do in Lake County Oct. 5-7
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Solo Cup site developer envisions more than 500 housing units on west Highland Park site
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Talk of the County: Transportation a waste of education funds
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Exploring the San Juans’ most remote islands
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Men facing federal, state charges from copper wire thefts
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Five things to do in the western suburbs Oct. 5-8
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Talk of the County: Local police ‘helped us immensely’
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Masacre de Tlatelolco, oscuro episodio sin esclarecerse 50 años después
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Council members question YEA! Highland Park’s role as beneficiary of Ravinia revenue
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Union for East Aurora teachers, support and office staff draws closer to strike
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‘The Voice’ auditions: Do the fights over country singers help or hurt the contestants?
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Bok Tower holiday schedule includes global concert with new piece by its carillonneur
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Signal problems cause delays up to 45 minutes on Metra BNSF trains
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New dwarf planet spotted at the very fringe of solar system
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More than a dozen residents displaced, a cat dead, after Gurnee apartment fire
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Lindsay Lohan’s very strange Instagram video, explained
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Adult night returns Orlando Science Center, includes poop talk
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Five things to do in Northwest Indiana Oct. 5-11
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Oakbrook Center Sears reopens Thursday while company continues to close stores nationwide
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Alicia Keys, Michael Stipe and other celebs will protest Kavanaugh outside the Supreme Court
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Google’s proposed first urban development raises data concerns
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OPRF High School, teachers union to seek mediation as contract talks stall
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Willowbrook man to fill vacancy on Hinsdale High School District 86 Board
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Lettuce Entertain You’s ‘secret’ all-you-can-eat crab and burger concept goes public Oct. 10
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Garrison Keillor’s Vermont appearance cancelled after outcry
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Glenbrook District 225 board approves final budget with slight increase in tax revenues
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Kirk Players are up for the challenge of fast-paced comedy ‘Red Herring’
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Patrick Mahomes’ worst game of the season was a sight to behold
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Village board gives initial support to Northbrook Court redevelopment plans
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Why the intersection of coffee and beer has become a dominant force in craft brewing
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‘Red Red Wine’: How ’80s reggae-pop band UB40 got dragged into the Kavanaugh drama
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Wild Cubs season comes down to one game — and a chance for redemption
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Mexican students massacred by army in 1968, by gangs today
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Elmhurst aldermen debate donation offered along with developer’s land-use request
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Fielden not seeking re-election to District 203 school board
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David Bote believes his winding road to the Cubs was a product of his faith. Without it, he would have quit long ago.
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Un niño y dos adultos mueren tras el choque de un auto que huían de la Policía
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Four men, one with a gun, rob Park Ridge convenience store, employees and customer; police investigating
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Rogers Park fatal shootings map
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Conservation festival brings ‘streets alive’ in downtown Evanston
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Bagpipes, bonfire in Lake Forest ‘marks the coming of fall’
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Folk artist Griffin House tells stories through music
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Barcelona says it is 1st sports team to surpass $1 billion in revenue
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Lake Central auto shop teacher faces discipline after failing to report man with visible gun on school property
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North Shore Country Day play explores teen growth through superpowers
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Why fall is one of the best seasons to build a deck
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Dual Special Needs Plans help people enrolled in Medicare get additional benefits
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Simple steps to stay healthy during cold and flu season
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Talking Toenail Fungus: What You Need to Know
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Quickly: Trump insults reporter, McConnell needs to retire, and lies and faults
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West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018
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Evanston senior Siena Prokopenko ‘never shies away from an opportunity to lead’
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Arlington Heights Park District brings back pool parties for teens to try and soak up their free time
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Leah Robinson delivers a hard-nosed performance, but Chicago Christian falls to IC Catholic
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Former Illinois Gov. James Thompson relists Gold Coast condo for $1.85 million
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Daddy Yankee dedica su nominación a Latin Grammy a mujeres sufren cáncer de seno
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Animals, Super Stolie and a lantern parade among the highlights at Halloween Hoot n’ Howl in River Forest
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Bandera a media asta en memoria de víctimas de 1968
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Round Lake brings taste of Wisconsin with fish boil, combined with bluegrass concert
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9 charged in Kavanaugh protest outside Democratic senator’s office
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Police: Man tried to buy girl from mother for $200,000 at Florida Walmart
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Cubs tiebreaker nets ESPN’s best Chicago regular-season ratings since World Series flag-raising
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Dicen que lo del robo de Daniela Castro ‘fue un error’
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Lake Bluff fire department captain, former village trustee William Hart dies at age 75
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Football notes: Glenbrook South wins 2 in a row; Glenbrook North tops Highland Park
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Amazon raising minimum wage to $15 an hour for U.S. workers
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Half of young Americans see better financial future than their parents
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Ferry with nearly 300 people onboard stranded in Baltic Sea
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City Lit sets cast for ‘The Safe House’
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The art that’s found when other art gets erased, from Marvel to ‘The Odyssey’
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Armstrong: Adam Green looking for Oswego East to finally end Oswego’s stranglehold on rivalry
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No starting-line jitters here. It’s her 102nd marathon — after knee injury and cancer
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Real Talk: How high can the Bears defense fly after a brilliant first month?
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As national attention turns toward teens and vaping, District 214 looks to educate parents
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Girls volleyball notes: Lack of size doesn’t stop Madison Pfister from leading Harvest Christian in middle
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Experiencing Mexico through music, dance and stories
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List of striking hotels down to 9 as Ambassador Hotel workers ratify contract
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Kavanaugh investigation dredges up distant feelings of shame, pain, regret from sexual assault victims
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Carnival Horizon follows Vista template, but is slightly better
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Kanye West’s symbiotic relationship with Donald Trump
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City Council revokes taxi company’s certificate to operate in Park Ridge
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Promethean casts season opener, ‘Arcadia’
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A star named David: Senior midfielder David Kuhn makes sure Neuqua Valley stays on track
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Darien City Council approves warehouse next to Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve
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Despite ‘bitter’ ending in Milwaukee, Jabari Parker excited to face Bucks
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Comings & Goings: Tasty Chill now open in Orland Park
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Cosby, Kavanaugh and #MeToo make a teachable week
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‘A Shayna Maidel’ from TimeLine gets a four-week extension
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This is almost the ‘too good to be true’ economy, Fed chair says
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Run the Chicago Marathon in style with these 12 pieces
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Riverfront’s ‘Rope’ explores dark characters
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Pledge of Allegiance controversy still simmering with Aurora neighborhood group
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Purdue Northwest to hold meetings after 300 students protest diploma change
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East Dundee to prosecute DUI cases locally rather than through Kane County in cost-saving move
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Run to the Pub gearing up for second ‘haunted’ run to Bachelors Grove Cemetery
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Proposed new District 203 courses focus on IT, cybersecurity
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District 64 Special Education Board Committee to work to ‘earn the trust’ of parents, chairman says
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INFOGRAPHIC: How much money did you waste today?
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Don’t blindly defend Cristiano Ronaldo — or any athlete — accused of misdeeds
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Be like Michael: Sfikas’ TD with 4 seconds left in first half provides a spark in NCC’s loss to Wheaton
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Black Button Eyes casts ‘Evil Dead the Musical’
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Fanáticos de todo el mundo lloran a Charles Aznavour
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‘We’re part of such a giving community’: Residents displaced by Maine Township condo fire gather for fundraising dinner
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Blackhawks eyeing Oct. 18 for Corey Crawford to make season debut
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‘What could anybody possibly have against him?’ Masked gunman kills elderly man walking his dogs in Rogers Park
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D203 may spend $800K to bring softball field used by NCHS girls team in line with boys baseball
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Theater openings for Oct. 5-11
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Brett Kavanaugh once wrote that a ‘good judge’ is nonpartisan
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$20 million stormwater upgrade project bids expected to be awarded Tuesday
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‘We’ve got a problem’: Task force asks Oak Park agencies to limit tax increases through 2030
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Teen hangout the Left Bank evolves into a place for everyone
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No injuries in fire at Aurora warehouse
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The Democrats’ great hypocrisy
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Out of sight, out of mind? Incumbent photos covered in Lake County Building as early voting begins
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62-year-old man dead after drowning in Deerfield retention pond
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Lake Zurich study could lead to village-wide recycling service for businesses
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‘It’s basically a tryout every day for me’: Luke Johnson excited to make NHL debut but hopes it’s just the beginning
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After fire alarm, 15 pounds of marijuana found inside Goldman’s Grow Shop gardening business: police
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Strawdog casts ‘Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins’
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When the Supreme Court becomes a political tool
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En recuerdo de una héroe
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Pop-up lunch service Fooda plans to triple its office space and hire 175 next year
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Sports calendar: 5K races benefit Humane Society, MVCC scholarship fund
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Denzel Valentine taking long view on Bulls role while he recovers from ankle injury
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Frida-themed Latinx dance hall coming to 18th St. across Pink Line
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Tom Morello talks ‘sonic conspiracy’ and ‘social justice ghost stories’ ahead of Lincoln Hall appearance
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On the menu for Chicago’s Motor Row: Drag queens and Windy City Playhouse
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For Snow Patrol, an emergence to hope and light
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Sip CBD-infused cocktails while learning about medical marijuana at a pop-up this weekend
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Community festival in Barrington Hills raises support for village police officer battling ALS
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OPRF approves deficit budget for 2018-19 school year
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Real Peggy Sue, of 1958 Buddy Holly song fame, dies in Texas
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Chance the Rapper, John Mayer, SZA to perform at benefit for Mac Miller
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Produce wholesaler sues soon-to-close Treasure Island Foods, alleges $453K in unpaid fruits and veggies
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Democratic newcomers challenge Republicans in DuPage County Board District 1 election
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‘There’s very much a need’: Oak Park approves $1.2 million parking lot project at village hall
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Washington School in Park Ridge receives national ‘Blue Ribbon’ award for academics
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Shelley’s Bridal in downtown West Dundee closing after 2 decades; new business to fill vacancy
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The press takes center stage in Oil Lamp’s ‘The Front Page’
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Northbrook Plein Air Festival gives artists a chance to capture ‘beauty that we may overlook every day’
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Church news: Documentary on human trafficking offered in New Lenox
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From Venom to Bane, here is a ranking of Tom Hardy’s unusual movie accents
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Amazon’s $15-an-hour move gives 20 percent raise to its lowest-paid workers in Chicago area
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Paula Vogel’s ‘Indecent’ tells story of a Jewish playwright’s Broadway debut and subsequent obscenity trial
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West Side students get first look at upgraded cafeteria
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Pritzker toilet tax dodge
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Speak Out: Maple Tree Inn, Park Forest gardens and Dolton trustees
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If Pritzker won’t share his tax plan, we Democrats shouldn’t support him
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Packages with suspected ricin sent to Pentagon, Navy chiefs
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Lake Shore October challenge
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Kroger, Mariano’s parent, tests grocery pickup at select Walgreens stores
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Aurora man charged with breaking into four Naperville cars, police say
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U46 to pay 3.4% more for school resource officers in 2018-19 under deal OK’d by school board
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North Shore October challenge
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After several breaks, Aurora to replace water main near Fox Valley Mall
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Why our small manufacturing firm supports Trump on trade
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Vandals shot out windows of under-construction restaurant, South Elgin police say
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NFL power rankings: Titans making strides but Rams still team to beat
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‘I have a dream, also’: Alveda King, MLK’s niece, brings anti-abortion message to Park Ridge church
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Two area schools win ‘Blue Ribbons’ for academic excellence
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Chabad of Glenview and Morton Grove celebrates Sukkot: ‘This is our season of joy’
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Lamenting Kavanaugh, Trump says ‘it’s a very scary time for young men in America’
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Naperville launches ‘Adopt-a-Drain’ program to help curb street flooding
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Large residential, retail complex proposed in Arlington Heights could fill up downtown vacancy
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South October challenge
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‘It’s too big’: Ahead of village board vote, River Forest residents question size of proposed senior facility
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Hawaiian poet laureate brings his brand of slam poetry to CLC
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Ivy Tech reports enrollment figures released
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The Doings October challenge
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West October challenge
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MLB blasts ‘unwritten rules’ in official postseason ad
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What’s happening in Park Ridge: Maine East hosts ‘Mystic’ homecoming; breast cancer walk, interfaith breakfast planned
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Summit Hill seeks study on consolidation involving shuttered Lincoln-Way North
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Twins fire Paul Molitor, eye new manager to ‘grow a young team’
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Moran: Stearns School Road bridge across Tri-State in line for reconstruction
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Kavanaugh’s temperament, credibility emerge as flashpoints in Supreme Court fight
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Police: Crown Point trio arrested at Kid Rock show
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Disabato: With a heavy heart, John Stillman producing super season for Brother Rice golf
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Corrections and clarifications
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Pritzker and those toilets: A ‘scheme to defraud’
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J.C. Penney names Jo-Ann Stores chief as new CEO
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Know Thrombosis: Recognizing the Signs and Symptoms of Dangerous Blood Clots
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Shout Out: Cesar Hernandez, East Leyden homecoming king
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South Elgin seniors scammed into paying for ‘computer repairs’ with gift cards; one loses $30,000
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Murderer on parole for ‘Pine Village massacre’ near Yorkville remains in prison
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Bus tour puts spotlight on event, meeting and wedding venues in Elgin area
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Nearly 370 guns stolen from UPS distribution center in Memphis found in Midlothian, authorities say
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Illinois sees sharp rise in medical cannabis applications as cancer patient requests ‘explode’
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Man charged in gang-related shooting at Hobart Walmart at large, police say
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Pritzker’s toilet scandal stinks, but it probably won’t matter
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Nationwide test of presidential emergency alert system scheduled for Wednesday
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EPA turns to scientific outliers in effort to loosen radiation limits, saying a bit of exposure may be healthy
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October challenge
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Seeking relief, A’s to start Liam Hendriks in wild-card game
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6 takeaways from the ninth day of testimony in the Jason Van Dyke trial
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Atlantic giants invade Lockport Township during Great Pumpkin Weigh-off
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Rockies on short rest in wild-card game: ‘No sleep, a lot of sleep, it don’t matter’
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Aurora man shot in arm on city’s West Side
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Four members of alleged hate group charged for role in 2017 Charlottesville rally
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Naperville man paid court fines using stolen credit card info, DuPage prosecutors say
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Where there’s a Will, there’s a way: Troy finishes strong as Waubonsie Valley wins regional
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Friendly rivals: Carmel’s Michael Pelfresne edges Mundelein’s Colin Wade in playoff for regional title
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Slowik: Bremen Youth Services misses lease payment; ‘We may very well be out of here’
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Pedro Strop in, Carl Edwards Jr. out: Cubs unveil roster for tonight’s wild-card game against Rockies
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Michael Bloomberg jolts Senate battle with $20M for Democrats, five weeks before midterms
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Federal charges announced in Chicago against suspects accused of dealing fentanyl, heroin, synthetic marijuana
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Lawyers for Brett Kavanaugh accusers question FBI’s thoroughness, say Christine Blasey Ford, others not contacted
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MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred says decision to come ‘shortly’ on Addison Russell investigation
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How Jason Van Dyke failed us all on the witness stand
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Max effort: Sandburg’s Farley edges teammate Matt James to win regional title
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Following watchdog’s report, J.B. Pritzker will repay $330K in Cook County property taxes
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Trump got $413 million from his dad, much from tax dodges, NY Times reports
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Lockport High students charged in homecoming incident involving a BB gun
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Would the Chicago City Council punish the Cubs?
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Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018
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Van Dyke gives emotional testimony, contradicting video of shooting on key points
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Ask Tom: What is the warmest state in the U.S.?
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A burst of heat Wednesday, then thunderstorms overnight
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Roger Goodell says NFL appreciates Donald Trump’s ‘leadership’ on trade deal’s Super Bowl provision
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‘The Voice’ mentors fight over Matteson resident at her audition
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Danica Patrick wanted a ‘woman cave’ in the house she shares with Aaron Rodgers. The Packers QB said no.
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Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018
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Digest (Oct. 2): Legacy Chase raises $200,000 for cancer institute at GBMC
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Jets’ Isaiah Crowell fined $13K by NFL for TD ‘wipe’ celebration
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Joe Webster and Munster boys tennis set sights on another regional championship
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Crime spree shakes Rogers Park, residents hold vigil
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Chicago’s ‘Grocery Store Joe’ advances on ‘DWTS’ despite earning the lowest score again
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Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018
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Two killings, two days, same gun: Crime spree shakes Rogers Park
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NHL moving forward with Seattle expansion plan
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Kavanaugh hearing prompts discussion on racial double standards
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Alice’s wonderland: Foley scores two goals as Munster edges Crown Point in overtime in sectional