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Chicago teen Tucker Tynan suffers a severe cut to his leg that causes an Ontario Hockey League game to be postponed
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Former NBA Commissioner David Stern undergoes emergency brain surgery
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Ask Amy: Reader weighs in on anti-male bias
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Violent crime rate up, number of police officers down in largest Wisconsin cities, new report shows
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5 great reasons beyond football to visit Madison, Wis.
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Flashback: A plea by a ‘Good Fellow’ in 1909 inspired thousands of Chicagoans to become Secret Santas to the city’s children
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Column: Trumps cry about impeachment, insult teen Greta Thunberg and shoot a sheep: The Week in Review
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3 drugs for severe epileptic seizures shown to be equally effective
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Column: ‘Tis the season for Christmas trees and shrunken Santa heads
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1 dead in shooting at parking lot outside Crestwood apartment complex, police say
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Kentucky police charge 5 Illinois women in $25,000, multi-state shoplifting scheme
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Daywatch: Lightfoot defends website shaming aldermen, grieving parents plead for return of their baby’s ashes and Chicago hotel named one of the world’s best
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He asked United Airlines for White Claw after a delay — and it gave him a case: How Twitter became the best place to get airlines’ attention
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‘Black Christmas’ review: Remake of classic is a women’s horror film for new generation
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‘This feels like us again’: The Bears head to Green Bay with a surge of confidence after staying unified through their midseason struggles
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Clear is now active in most major American airports — what is it and is it worth it?
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Scary-good deals to shop on the Friday the 13th before Christmas
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Which smart home product you should get your grandma, child, and everyone in between
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Army Navy Game Ball Run 2019
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How to buy a healthy poinsettia and care for it through the holidays — and beyond
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Orland Park high school worker sent inappropriate texts to juvenile, police say
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Speak Out: People driving at night without headlights is a problem
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Outgoing Kentucky governor pardons man for homicide after brother holds big fundraiser
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Medical device failures brought to light now bolster lawsuits and research
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3 takeaways from the Blackhawks’ 5-2 loss to the Coyotes, including the Dylan Strome-Nick Schmaltz shootout that never happened
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Peloton actress blames her face for viral ad controversy
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Neal Ormond honored for 56 years broadcasting West Aurora sports
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Olivia Wilde defends ‘Richard Jewell’ reporter over sex-for-tips claims
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Mundelein gingerbread house-making event attracts dozens of ‘builders’
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Suspect in 2018 West Side stabbing spree charged with second slaying
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Brexit next month? Prime Minister Boris Johnson claims new mandate to leave EU as Conservatives win majority in Parliament
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Music equals donations for Salvation Army bell ringer, who organizes quartets to play around his red kettle
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Don’t be a Grinch when co-workers say ‘Merry Christmas’
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Cyr: United States leaders show courage regarding Hong Kong
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Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy has a new handle on a great many things, from his migraines to making beautiful music
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Illinois sues e-cig maker Juul for allegedly targeting minors
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Gold Coast home with access to Park Hyatt Hotel amenities: $2.7M
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Help Them to Hope
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For Richard Jewell’s mother, Clint Eastwood’s new film brings both pain and healing
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Nuestro más sincero agradecimiento
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Column: That controversial Peloton commercial provides a lesson in holiday gift-giving
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CSO review: An elegant debut from pianist Jan Lisiecki
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Gary teen’s childhood prayer led to a father, a coach, and a shot at a dream
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Can the Bears beat the Packers to keep their playoff hopes alive? Our Week 15 predictions.
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Jury deliberates 3 hours, delivers guilty verdict in 2018 Zion shotgun murder
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Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019
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Detectives having trouble confirming story of 2 men who say they were kidnapped by people pretending to be cops, police spokesman says
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Altos precios de árboles navideños en EEUU; hay escasez
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From butterbeer to Baby Yoda, order these 22 Starbucks secret menu items like a pro
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How would millions of dollars in fees on e-cigarettes be spent? Sen. Dick Durbin and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi have a plan for that.
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Chicago Black Caucus chairman may try forcing City Council vote to stall recreational marijuana sales till July
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Actor Danny Aiello, known for Spike Lee’s ‘Do The Right Thing,’ has died at age 86
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Got your Christmas tree yet? Nationwide, supplies are tight enough to please a Grinch, and prices would shock Scrooge
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David Pastrnak the Unpredictable: Boston Bruins winger is dominating NHL
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Ford is letting employees bring dogs to work in a bid to lure tech talent
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A guide to 25 popular Hanukkah foods
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Parents, teachers disappointed after Valparaiso elementary school ends dual language program
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Ford is letting employees bring dogs to work in a bid to lure tech talent
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Raiders bid farewell to Oakland in game vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
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Kick off your holiday party with this bubbling-hot crab and spinach dip
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Tokyo being billed as ‘Recovery Olympics’ — but not for all
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Community donations may help a new golf practice center at Sunset Valley in Highland Park open by summer 2021
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5 White Sox takeaways from the winter meetings, including some tempting trade conversations and confidence in Nomar Mazara’s defense
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When you hear the sound of thousands of screaming girls in Rosemont, you’ll know where boy band Why Don’t We is
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Time-restricted dieting can lead to weight loss, lower blood pressure
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Wayside Cross child sex offender residents receive new notices citing proximity to Aurora park
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Lake Forest public works crews partner with IDOT for snow removal plan
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Chicago-area residents could see snow during Monday commute
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‘Auto-oriented’ business, medical offices proposed for two vacant Park Ridge sites
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Naperville News Digest
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Here’s 5 suggestions for a Lake County New Year’s Eve out
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Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal attorney, visits White House moments after impeachment vote
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Incumbent Cedar Lake Councilman keeps seat after recount confirms 3-vote margin of victory
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Mark Prior, former Cubs pitcher, is named Dodgers pitching coach
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Murder suspect extradited from Poland accused of stabbing 24-year-old roommate in 2013 on Northwest Side
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El ‘sueño’ de Mohamed y las deudas pendientes con Monterrey
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California calls pot smoke, THC a risk to moms-to-be
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Why Austria should be your next dream vacation
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Michael Vick is an honorary Pro Bowl captain, and animal rights activists are upset
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Tokyo being billed as ‘Recovery Olympics’ — but not for all
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Speak Out
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Park Ridge plan commission recommends approval of additions at Maine East, Maine South High Schools
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Chicago prosecutor kicks off effort to expunge tens of thousands of minor marijuana convictions
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Steppenwolf’s LookOut series will host First Floor Theater and Definition Theatre in 2020
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Column: The Bears face a big decision about Leonard Floyd’s future. Is he worth $13.2 million in 2020?
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Charges dropped, brothers in hemp-pot mix-up look to sue NYC
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Milo the cat went missing at the airport. Two months later, he’s been reunited with his owner.
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Chicago among top 5 cities for organized retail crime
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Beachfront property owners seek to revive case to block public access along Lake Michigan shoreline
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You’re going where? Albuquerque
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Chicago Police Board suspends sergeant for 6 months for shooting unarmed teen with developmental disabilities
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Speak Out
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You’re going where? Albuquerque
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Down to Business: Experiments with home-brewing led to launch of East Dundee brewery and taproom
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Bannockburn residents debate whether mixed-use apartment proposal would change character of a village known for its spacious homes
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Evergreen Park man dies after being shot in front of Hammond house, police say
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Down to Business: It’s tee time — no matter the weather — when you’re playing indoor golf
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Here’s 5 suggestions for a Fox Valley, Naperville New Year’s Eve out
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Davich: Photo book of national parks allows us to appreciate our region’s natural beauty from a new perspective
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Chicago cop given only reprimand for role in botched reinvestigation of David Koschman’s death
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Giants cut Janoris Jenkins over ‘refusal to acknowledge the inappropriate and offensive language’
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Teen charged in murder of Portage woman will undergo mental health evaluation
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Who is interested in trading for Kris Bryant — and what could the Cubs get in return?
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While Kevin Burkhardt hopes to regain his voice for Bears-Packers, Charles Davis speaks for both the Fox broadcasters: ‘We pray for heaters’
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Editorial: Illinois, here comes recreational marijuana — and a haze of confusion
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Stephen Gilmore is the frontrunner to win NFL Defensive Player of the Year award
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General Motors to invest $1.5 billion in St. Louis-area truck and van factory
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The U.K. is almost certainly done with the E.U. Is Scotland done with the United Kingdom then?
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Small repair by Oak Forest welding students makes a big difference for special needs gym class
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Column: In Afghanistan, presidents lied and Americans died
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Spike Lee, Mia Farrow, Cher and more remember ‘Do the Right Thing’ actor Danny Aiello
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Teacher held up at gunpoint when leaving Evanston middle school for the day
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Oswego OKs zoning rules, tax for marijuana sales
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Elgin News Digest
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Will Dave Matthews Band make the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? The case for and against the jam-pop troubadours
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Column: Late Barrington WWII veteran’s combat notes and tales presented in his daughter’s compilation tome
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Kane County sheriff honors officers for heroism
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Suspect in attack on family at Six Flags Great America in 2017 charged with armed robbery in Waukegan
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Girls basketball notes: Autumn Jones ‘not afraid of anything,’ always ready to take charge for Tinley Park
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Nuevo bar de la familia Moreno busca ‘mostrar el potencial’ de La Villita
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Tesla’s Model 3 gets best electric car title from Edmunds
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Cadillac has big changes ahead for its lineup and manufacturing
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Chevrolet unveils newly designed Suburban, Tahoe, sold in more trim levels
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Under the Hood: The magic of rain-sensing wipers, explained
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Aurora considers total $96 million tax levy
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Chicago firm says it is close to deal to buy shuttered MetroSouth hospital in Blue Island
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Harwood Heights names street after former village clerk
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Column: President Trump fights anti-Semitism one day, fuels it the next
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Resisten el cambio: Algunos negocios familiares en Pilsen prosperan a pesar de los cambios económicos y demográficos
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50 Cent accuses Oprah Winfrey of only ‘going after black men’ in #MeToo cases
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‘Land of Forgotten Toys’ at the Greenhouse: There’s a gift wrapped up in this musical somewhere
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The 5 places that stole my heart in 2019
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Aurora restaurant to serve up Christmas dinner for those in need
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Aurora man charged with aggravated battery
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Column: From Airbnb to TikTok, the things that have risen onto our radar screen in the 2010s
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5 Cubs takeaways from the winter meetings, including the inevitability Kris Bryant will be traded and unnecessary worry about Anthony Rizzo’s future
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Lincolnshire trustees vote down recreational marijuana dispensaries in the village, advocacy groups offer up praise for the decision
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Announcing the 2019 Daily Southtown Football All-Area Team
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Child welfare professionals recommended for dismissal over AJ Freund case are now out at DCFS, state says
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Indian Head Park approves the sale of marijuana for recreational use
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Head shops come out of the shadows as weed becomes legal
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‘Mad Men’ actress Christina Hendricks files for divorce from actor Geoffrey Arend
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This Week in Naperville
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21 Christmas dinners, cookie decorating events, beer tastings and a candy store pop-up to check out
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Introducing the 2019 News-Sun Girls Volleyball All-Area Team
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Libertyville’s Peyton O’Brien is the 2019 News-Sun Girls Volleyball Player of the Year
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‘Chateau-esque Revival’-style Evanston mansion sells for $1.85 million
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Commentary: Holiday shopping? Bah! I haven’t bought a thing.
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Roselle couple pleads guilty in financial scheme against College of DuPage that authorities say netted $200,000
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Center Twp. Trustee exploring providing renters insurance
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Here’s 5 suggestions for a New Year’s Eve out in the Region
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Decent: Plenty of reason to give thanks when first crack at roasting a turkey doesn’t kill anyone
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McDaniel-Hale: As pot legalization looms, Elgin must protect citizens
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Flexible classroom seating allows for students to be more focused, less nervous: teacher
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‘He has that swagger’: Mount Carmel’s Jordan Lynch is the 2019 Daily Southtown Football Coach of the Year
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We are an LGBTQ family. Please don’t ask us awkward personal questions at holiday parties.
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Oak Brook geography bee cheating allegations at center of upcoming federal trial
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Corrections and clarifications
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RDA anticipates spending to increase for Double Track, West Lake Corridor projects in 2020
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Chicago writer Alex Kotlowitz pays $817,500 for Andersonville greystone
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Radio DJ Tone Kapone offers career advice to students at Rich Central, his high school alma mater
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Her boss has made her work all major holidays for the past 12 years
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10 ways to rock your New Year’s Eve party
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Bears are optimistic Akiem Hicks will play against the Packers after completing 3 practices this week
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Hutton: Final thoughts on the 2019 football season
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Lake Zurich homeowners can expect to pay less in village property taxes next year, officials say
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174-year-old Feast of the Haggis celebrates Scottish culture, raises funds for senior care
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Commentary: Rabbi Capers Funnye, other Black Hebrew Israelites wrongly connected to Jersey City shooters
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‘I had to put everything I had into it’: Lincoln-Way East’s AJ Henning is the 2019 Daily Southtown Football Player of the Year
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Four years after hijab controversy, former Wheaton College professor Larycia Hawkins is rebuilding her life — and refusing to back down
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In CPS, ‘tiers’ are supposed to even the playing field for school admissions. But hundreds of students were placed in the wrong tier.
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McGrath: Eradicating the hate is the hardest part when a fight ends and you need to move forward
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Buscar juntos una salida
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141-year-old fruitcake is a Michigan family’s heirloom: ‘It’s a legacy’
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Christmas songs will be part of John Denver Tribute band performance
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Five years of Chicago Tribune cookie contest recipes – all in one place
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Employers have to weigh liability, funding, recruitment concerns when deciding how to enforce pot policies, experts say
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Delays in relocating gas lines put Huntley Road work months behind schedule, Carpentersville officials say
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Secretos de la cocina
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First lady appears to condone Trump’s criticism of 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg after Time magazine honor
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Commentary: Kentucky’s dangerous abortion law undermines the idea of ‘informed consent’
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Brazilians arriving in waves at the U.S.-Mexico border and applying for asylum
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Vermont police chief admits anonymously trolling government critic on Twitter
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The Spin: House expected to vote next week on impeachment articles | Will Chicago pot sales be delayed? | It’s a Bears-Packers weekend — and it counts
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Corrections and clarifications
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Red Skelton a funny theme for Sunday book event
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Family of man who died while being detained by Jewel Osco security in Lakeview East files wrongful death lawsuit
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Moran: Big changes taking shape for 2022 at Hunt Club Road and Washington Street
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Naperville Park Board bestows honors to cop who saved man’s life, winning softball team and longtime board member
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Impeachment charges head toward a historic vote by the full U.S. House; President Trump cries anew: ‘Hoax’
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Reliever Brandon Morrow agrees to a minor-league contract with the Cubs
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Indiana environmental agency ‘kneecapped’ by staff cuts, report says
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Letters: Judaism is a religion, not a nationality
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Editorial: When taxpayers trust Springfield … Part 6: A motto for the Fair Tax: ‘Would we ever break a promise to you?’
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Parents, students rally to protest axed dual language program at Parkview Elementary
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Beyond the best-sellers: Lesser-known literary delights make perfect holiday gifts
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Join Fox Valley Orchestra and Chorus for sing-along ‘Messiah’
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Editorial: Dorothy Brown and the case of the lying deputy: Voters, you can change this
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Park board OKs $57.2 million budget and tax levy for 2020 with opposition from two members
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Joseph Chiodo, ex-Secret Service officer who once drove popemobile, dies at 74
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CPS adopts new policy on timeouts and physical restraints following Tribune, ProPublica Illinois investigation
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Full-time cashier at Naperville Walgreens celebrates his 90th birthday: ‘When you go to work, you have a purpose’
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Former state Rep. Julie Olthoff seeks another run for state District 19 House seat
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Shout Out: Andrew Kurland, a fitness fanatic who also loves NASCAR and country music
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Column: Have we forgotten what it means to truly listen?
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Cubs hope to draft smarter with new scouting director Dan Kantrovitz blending data analysis with traditional opinions
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Column: Advertiser pulls ads from Hallmark Channel after network drops same-sex wedding commercial
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Annual Shop with a Cop event gives Naperville police a chance to play Santa for 50 parents and kids
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Thaddeus Young says his limited role with the Bulls ‘is not the best-case scenario,’ but the veteran forward is ‘rolling with it’
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Gail Borden library to put ‘no tax rate increase’ referendum on March election ballot
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Wisconsin vs. Foxconn: Gov. Tony Evers says scaled-down factory won’t qualify for tax credits amid deepening schism
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Supreme Court to hear subpoena fights over Trump financial records
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How the U.S.-China ‘Phase 1’ trade deal achieved a little but left out a lot
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Money collected for Calumet City PTA fundraiser goes missing, superintendent says
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Stolp Island in Aurora could see another restaurant
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Column: Democrats’ impeachment of Donald Trump is way too thin, like butter scraped over too much bread
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Son ‘should have been safe’ insist parents of 20-year-old killed in Aurora
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All 7 Democrats who qualified for next week’s debate threaten to boycott event over labor dispute
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College notes: Park Ridge’s Aidan Megally named best Missouri Valley soccer player
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Wisconsin judge orders 234,000 voter registrations to be tossed. Trump won the key swing state by 23,000 votes in 2016.
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Man who witnessed carjacking gets car stolen in Woodridge
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Crosby: Wayside Cross holiday evictions come as a surprise, sort of
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Mitch McConnell’s vow of ‘total coordination’ with White House on Senate impeachment trial angers Democrats
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Will Moore brings team mindset to Libertyville boys basketball
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Aurora set to approve tax increment financing district on far East Side
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1 teen dead, 2 injured after stolen vehicle crashes into house on Far South Side
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FBI investigating Near North bank robbery
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Carmel freshman Jordan Wood still has room to grow: ‘She’s going to be amazing.’
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Q&A: Libertyville wrestling coach Dale Eggert, who recently wrote a book on Wildcats history
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‘He’s been overlooked’: Josiah Palmer a shooting star as H-F gets jump on Lincoln-Way Central
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‘The one who got us going again’: Merrillville turns to Armani Cole, who scores eight of her 10 points in the fourth quarter in a win over LaPorte
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Hornets 83, Bulls 73
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Stevenson’s RJ Holmes takes an academic approach to basketball
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Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019
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‘I just try to bring a spark’: Mason Jones makes presence felt as Valparaiso overpowers Lowell
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‘Defense is where it starts’: Behind Luka Balac, Munster scores the first 13 points and rolls past East Chicago Central
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Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019
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Buffalo Grove senior Macy Floro eager to provide ‘spark of energy’ on defense
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‘The guy to galvanize the troops’: Devin Tolbert sparks Oak Forest in a win against Richards
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‘We have so much talent on this team’: Kenton Wright, Julius Rollins combine forces as Hillcrest tops Eisenhower
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For Rolling Meadows phenom Max Christie, life in the spotlight is the new normal
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West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019