All Stories from August 18, 2019 (Change date)
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Take precautions to ensure healthy tomato plantsAug 18, 2019 6:00 am - Q. Are there any tips and tricks for growing tomatoes? I noticed some disease this year and am wondering if I did anything wrong. A. We had a late spring, which seems to...
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Analysis: The solution to saving U.S. automakers isn't tariffs, it's empowering workersAug 18, 2019 6:00 am - Former centers of auto production such as Ohio and Michigan were key to Donald Trump capturing the presidency. Voters there found Trump's promise to bring back good auto...
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Wife moved for husband's exciting career, but her own new job is uninspiringAug 18, 2019 6:00 am - Q: I moved to a new state some months ago after my husband got an exciting job offer. After a couple of weeks, I also got a job in my field. The problem is that I've bee...
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Uchman's Arlington selections for Sunday's racesAug 18, 2019 6:00 am - Here is today's link to Daily Herald handicapper Ron Uchman's selections for thoroughbred racing at Arlington International on Sunday, plus Joe Mazzone's picks for harne...
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Q&A: Francis Ford Coppola on 'Apocalypse Now' 40 years laterAug 18, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK - If filmmaking is a war, then "Apocalypse Now" was very nearly Francis Ford Coppola's Waterloo. The battles Coppola fought while making his 1979 epic nearly de...
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Worried about a recession? Protect yourself but don't panicAug 18, 2019 6:00 am - If the threat of a recession gives you pause when it comes to your personal finances, remember now is a time to prepare, not panic. Worries about the economy increased t...
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Deadlocked over deadboltsAug 18, 2019 6:00 am - Q. The people who are buying my house hired a home inspector, and one of his recommendations strikes me as unreasonable. I have double-cylinder deadbolts on my front and...
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Son, wife reject our 'circus-like' family gatheringsAug 18, 2019 6:00 am - Q. My oldest son has informed me he is finished with family gatherings "like a circus" and only wants to visit my husband and me in the future. The "circus" consists of ...
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U.S. businesses are taking down job listings as Trump's trade war growsAug 18, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Win Cramer had big plans to hire several new employees this summer for his company, including a chief operating officer, but he took the job listings down a...
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Suburban malls look to reinvent, reinvigorate themselves as retail slips awayAug 18, 2019 5:30 am - Just north of the Jane Addams Tollway on the south end of Huntley, broken concrete and tall grass are all that remain of the Huntley Outlet Center. The 279,000-square-fo...