All Stories from February 23, 2013 (Change date)
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New fingerprint technology tests for pulse tooFeb 23, 2013 5:00 am - RAPID CITY, S.D. — Futurists have long proclaimed the coming of a cashless society, where dollar bills and plastic cards are replaced by fingerprint and retina scanners ...
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HECM’s success depends on reversing negative perceptionsFeb 23, 2013 4:48 am - Editor’s note: This article is part of a series appearing in HomesSaturday. Last week’s article proposed capping cash draws in the early years of a home equity conversio...
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Forest Estates home in PalatineFeb 23, 2013 4:41 am - This beautiful family home only recently made its debut to the market, offering an abundance of space and nice touches that make it unique and special. A brick and sidin...
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Some readers don’t like my adviceFeb 23, 2013 4:30 am - Q. Why did you tell that man to make out a will to add his companion’s name to the title on their house? Everyone knows that goes to probate. Why not tell the people the...
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Some foundation wall cracks are cause for concernFeb 23, 2013 4:00 am - Q. Our home is on a hillside and was built with a walkout basement. The walls are concrete blocks on all sides except the wall on the low side of the hill. That wall is ...
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The SoapboxFeb 23, 2013 4:00 am - From the suburbs to your pocket: We all know Thomas Edison invented the light bulb and the Wrights flew the first plane. Perhaps someday the suburbs’ own Marty Cooper, w...
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Get to the heart of problems: broken familiesFeb 23, 2013 4:00 am - Recently I watched a TV panel discussion on the president’s failure to fight the war on poverty. It got me upset. When are we going to put political correctness aside an...
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Obama no friend to the middle classFeb 23, 2013 4:00 am - President Obama made it the centerpiece of his re-election campaign to promise the middle class tax breaks while sticking it to the rich and powerful. So what did he do?...
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Biden shotgun advice is dangerousFeb 23, 2013 4:00 am - Vice President Joe Biden’s emotional advice and example that people could keep a shotgun in their homes for protection most likely will get you killed and your wife and ...
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Gay marriage is about loving commitmentsFeb 23, 2013 4:00 am - Thank you, Steve Petersen family, for your rational and thoughtful support of gay marriage. It is unfortunate that many of the objections to gay marriage are rooted in r...