All Stories from October 27, 2012 (Change date)
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New tax rumors wrong to tie home sales to health careOct 27, 2012 5:30 am - Q. Is it true that starting in 2013 if you sell your home there will be an additional 3.5 percent sales tax on the seller to help fund “Obamacare”? A. No, it’s not true....
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Gutter covers help prevent costly home repairsOct 27, 2012 5:23 am - You know that you have gutter trouble when little trees can be seen growing out of them, or when rain pours over the sides and not through the downspouts. Ignoring these...
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McHenry home ideal for horse loversOct 27, 2012 5:22 am - Horse-lovers and those looking for a country retreat will fall in love with this frame and vinyl siding farmhouse-style home on three acres in McHenry. A four-stall barn...
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Voting by proxy can be limited by an association’s bylawsOct 27, 2012 5:18 am - Q. The declaration for our association provides that no voting member may cast a proxy vote for more than three owners. Is this limitation lawful? A. The restriction is ...
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Kindergarten killers? Kids costumes get gory this yearOct 27, 2012 5:16 am - Prepare yourself this Halloween for a procession of pint-size trick-or-treaters like none you’ve encountered before. If the companies that gamble on offering the right m...
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Google cameras map Grand Canyon trailsOct 27, 2012 5:15 am - GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — Google and its street-view cameras already have taken users to narrow cobblestone alleys in Spain using a tricycle, inside the Smiths...
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Endorsements good, just do oppositeOct 27, 2012 5:00 am - As the editors pointed out in a recent editorial, some newspapers have lately declined to offer political endorsements. I’m glad the Daily Herald decided to persist with...
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More gun laws not the answeOct 27, 2012 5:00 am - President Obama used the recent Aurora, Colo., theater massacre as a prop in pushing his big-government, liberal agenda. Once again Obama and Hollywood have shamefully d...
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Moral issues must be decided firstOct 27, 2012 5:00 am - In response to Cynthia Kehoe (Fence Post, Oct. 6), I too am a college-educated woman and certainly had a different take on Mitt Romney’s “47 percent” statement. The 47 p...
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We already told the park district ‘no’Oct 27, 2012 5:00 am - The Arlington Heights Park District is guilty! They took their way-too-large bond issue to the voters just last spring. The voting citizens answered no! Now they come ag...