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Army Of Darkness
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A discount-store employee is time-warped to a medieval castle, where he is the foretold savior who can dispel the evil there. Unfortunately, he screws up and releases an army of skeletons. (tvguide.com)

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The [Monday] Papers

By Steve Rhodes

I'm cranking out as many campaign notebooks as I can before the polls close on Tuesday. Here's what I have so far:

* Illinois 2018 Primary Campaign Notebook 1: MAGA, Mendacity & Moby Mike.

* Illinois 2018 Primary Campaign Notebook 2: Chris Kennedy's Confusing Campaign.

* Illinois 2018 Primary Campaign Notebook 3: Who Is Biss? Pensions, Passes & Pussy Riot.

* Illinois 2018 Primary Campaign Notebook 4: The Plutocratic Pol.

* Illinois 2018 Primary Campaign Notebook 5: Pat Quinn, Really?

* Illinois 2018 Primary Campaign Notebook 6: The 3 Worst People On The Ballot.

Also new on the Beachwood today . . .

* Why Bland American Beer Is Here To Stay.

ChicagoGram

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A post shared by Joël Maximé, Jr. (@cravechicago) on Mar 17, 2018 at 2:42pm PDT

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Chicago 1950s.

By Craig Wynn Photo.

"8mm reel shot by my Irish grandfather while visiting family in Chicago."

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He stepped up. Click through to read how.

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A sampling.

BREAKING: @hannibalburess' mic was cut during his Colossus performance for a joke about the Catholic Church. https://t.co/qpAFisFBvN
— Loyola Phoenix (@PhoenixLUC) March 18, 2018

A look at Lake Forest's Uihleins. ("His wife, Elizabeth, runs the day-to-day for the business that she and her husband started together in their basement in 1980 with money borrowed from Uihlein's father, the grandson of one of the founders of Schlitz." https://t.co/fCVqBr6qEh
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) March 19, 2018

If only sports unions would show solidarity with other unions ... https://t.co/0H769sT36j via @TheNLJ
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) March 19, 2018

Jay Edelson of Chicago-based Edelson, a plaintiffs firm was downbeat. "This is a good day for companies that want to spam consumers with phone calls and texts messages and a bad day for everybody else," he said. https://t.co/9lb065DS7O
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) March 19, 2018

Comments welcome.

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Posted on March 19, 2018