All Stories from October 7, 2012 (Change date)
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Remodeling resurgence boosts sales for contractorsOct 07, 2012 8:00 am - NEW YORK — Glenn Bridges can tell that the market for home remodeling is picking up — when he’s hanging cabinets or laying a floor in a customer’s house, a next-door nei...
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Golden Diners program gets boost with Elgin partnershipOct 07, 2012 8:00 am - Bob and Kathy Bradford make their home in Willow Lakes Estates, a senior living community in Elgin. Kathy has used a walker since she broke her leg, and Bob has heart pr...
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Tough tax call for newly elected lawmakersOct 07, 2012 8:00 am - State lawmakers voted in Nov. 6 will have final say
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Oldest old-timer for decades, Downers Grove hockey player retires at 81Oct 07, 2012 8:00 am - A fast sport played on thin steel blades, with long wooden sticks and a hard rubber puck sliding across cold, unforgiving ice, hockey is game that takes its toll on an...
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Oak restoration topic of talk in Highland ParkOct 07, 2012 7:51 am - Restoring Lake County’s oak woodlands to improve oak regeneration and bird habitat is the subject of a program at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, at the Heller Nature Center, 2...
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Animals get wild at doggy Halloween partiesOct 07, 2012 7:51 am - LOS ANGELES — Fifteen dogs attended Sue Subkow’s first Halloween party in 2005. Half wore costumes, half were naked and all went home in about an hour. The next year, tu...
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Work advice: Detail-oriented, yes; obsessive, noOct 07, 2012 7:42 am - Editor’s note: Karla L. Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers. Q: I have a part-...
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SPIN METER: An improbable reach for the high roadOct 07, 2012 7:35 am - WASHINGTON — Suddenly it’s all about honesty. Seriously? President Barack Obama, who’s been peddling a nonexistent peace dividend for a year, and Mitt Romney, who’s misr...
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Vanguard move highlights little-known index costsOct 07, 2012 7:30 am - BOSTON — Index mutual fund investors are a cost-conscious bunch. Rather than seek out managers with a good shot at beating the market, they parse tiny differences in fun...
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New book finds humor in worst mom momentsOct 07, 2012 7:22 am - NEW YORK — One mom lured her daughter to bed — at age 8 — with a trail of chocolate chips up her townhouse stairs. Another found herself on the floor of a plane screamin...