Civic
Skinny: Register’s price jumps. Boswell puts foot in
mouth.
Leonard Boswell last week endorsed Desmund Adams,
a state senate candidate from the western suburbs.
“I see, in Desmund Adams, a bright, fresh, engaged
and articulate public servant who will bring
substance and reasoned dialogue to the Iowa
State Senate,” the Congressman said. Read
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Keep the shiny side up
I have a plump, purple Harley that vibrates
me awake. I ride it only on special occasions
and only in my dreams. But I’d like to think
those are the premonitory kind, and one day
I will ride that dream machine in real life
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The
Sound Finken’s
dream team is ‘Live From The Loft’
Bonne Finken is talking about the process
of recording her new album, “Live From
the Loft.” The biggest challenge for
a live album is finding a way to best
capture the moment, and keep a recorded
product FEELING live.
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Endurance
races or adventure racing have quickly
become one of the most popular events
in the country as competitors battle
it out over a grueling course through
a variety of elements including mud,
water and fire.
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Food
Dude
An
exaltation of hosts
While
coaching Little League years ago, parents
changed team names from aggressive creatures
like Rams and Falcons to passive ones
like Lambs and Sparrows. (Only the Cubs
survived that transformation.) Read
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Political
Mercury
Republican
notion of age of political consent a joke
Just
yards into the Abraham Lincoln Presidential
Library and Museum in Springfield, Ill.,
visitors walk into an exhibit showing
our 16th president in a log cabin
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