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Staycations let you get away -- without going away
By Samantha Nelson
Jan 22, 2013 2:00 PM - If you're watching your budget, don't like the hassle of taking a big trip or don't have the time to get away for long, you can still get a break from cabin fever this winter. With fewer out-of-town guests booking rooms, Chicago hotels often appeal to locals during the off season with special packages and amenities perfect for an intimate getaway or a trip for the whole family.
Remedies to remove musty odor from old furniture
By Henri de Marne
Jan 22, 2013 11:31 AM - Q. My grandmother gave me a dresser and a tall chest that my daughter uses for her clothes. The chests are about 80 years old. We have noticed a musty smell or old wood smell on the clothes. I wash the drawers and line them with paper, but it does not seem to help.
Hoffman Estates Jaycees and Chicago Entrepreneur Meetup Group Host Business Networking Fundraiser on Jan. 24
Hoffman Estates Jaycees
Jan 22, 2013 10:06 AM - A business after hours networking event where local Chicagoland businesses can meet and support each other while raising funds for a worthy cause.
Backyard chickens make great neighbors!
sue mcpherrin
Jan 22, 2013 10:05 AM - Raising chickens are a great way to be natural and organic in a high tech world.
Pitch & Hit Club to honor Gossage, La Russa, Miles
Daily Herald report
Jan 21, 2013 10:51 AM - Two Major League Baseball legends will be honored at the 67th Pitch & Hit Club's awards banquet this month, along with a bevy of award winners that include Daily Herald baseball writer Bruce Miles and Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo, a native of Chicago.
Roe v Wade: After 40 years, deep divide is legacy
Associated Press
Jan 21, 2013 10:03 AM - By today's politically polarized standards, the Supreme Court's momentous Roe v. Wade ruling was a landslide. By a 7-2 vote on Jan. 22, 1973, the justices established a nationwide right to abortion. Forty years and roughly 55 million abortions later, however, the ruling's legacy is the opposite of consensus. Abortion ranks as one of the most intractably divisive issues in America.
Illinois Democrats look at loan to pay state's overdue bills
Associated Press
Jan 21, 2013 7:49 AM - Despite repeated failures, Illinois Democrats again are considering a multibillion-dollar loan to pay down the state's backlog of past-due bills, now hovering at a near-record $9 billion. Republicans, led by State Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka, continue to resist the short-term loan idea as a way for Illinois to pay down stacks of invoices overdue by as much as four months.
George Ryan to leave federal prison Jan. 30
By Kerry Lester
Jan 21, 2013 7:48 AM - After spending five years in prison on corruption charges, former Gov. George Ryan is scheduled to be released to a Chicago halfway house on Jan. 30. A longtime former aide for the Kankakee Republican tells the Daily Herald that the halfway house is located in Chicago's Greektown neighborhood, and is the same Salvation Army Freedom Center that housed former Chicago Alderman Edward Vrdolyak in 2011, and former Ryan Chief of Staff, Scott Fawell, in 2008.
Conviction for molesting girl doesn't stop retired Round Lake Beach cop's pension
By Bob Susnjara
Jan 21, 2013 7:48 AM - Round Lake Beach taxpayers continue to provide a pension for retired police officer Leroy Kuffel, who was convicted of molesting a 16-year-old girl and is on a law-enforcement agency's sex-offender registry. Mayor Richard Hill said the village has determined it can't halt Kuffel's pension. "We don't want to exhaust any more (village) funds," he said of fighting the pension.
Best Buy, Toys R Us say Wal-mart ads deceptive
Bloomberg News
Jan 21, 2013 7:47 AM - Best Buy and Toys R Us have filed complaints in several states alleging that Wal-Mart Stores deceived consumers in price comparison advertisements. The ads aired from late November to mid-December, according to Toys R Us. Sales in November and December account for 20 percent to 40 percent of U.S. retailers' annual revenue, according to the National Retail Federation, a Washington-based trade group.

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