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Hawks knock out Canucks; buckle up for San Jose Rick Morrissey: The Blackhawks are impossible to explain. The sooner you come to grips with that, the better off you'll be mentally, physically and dermatologically.

Entertainment

DeWyze band far from idle The spotlight from "American Idol" casts a long shadow. Shining in this coast-to-coast mist is the group once known as the Lee DeWyze Band. The band used to back the "Idol" finalist from Mount Prospect, and its members have a colorful pedigree: Guitarist Louis Svitek was in the popular industrial metal band Ministry and the thrash band M.O.D. He also co-owns the independent WuLi Records in Chicago, for which DeWyze, 23, recorded two albums.
Listen: DeWyze sings baby-food songs Good, bad from Lee on 'Idol'

Business

Small business pickup Small-business owners here have heard the economy is improving, but are they feeling it? Amid higher home sales, a report showing employers added 290,000 jobs last month and word gross domestic product expanded the past two quarters, we asked them what they're experiencing. At Prospect Heights-based staffing firm USA Technical Search Inc., where owner Zenja Glass described her first-quarter 2009 sales as "ridiculous," she said sales rose 25 to 30 percent this year. "Things have definitely started to pick up," she said.

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