All Stories from August 22, 2020 (Change date)
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DraftKings, FanDuel fees deemed taxable in landmark IRS memoAug 22, 2020 6:19 am - Daily fantasy sports companies like FanDuel and DraftKings must pay federal excise tax on their entry fees, the IRS has decided, in an internal memo that could cause a m...
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Climate change keeps changing the game for home gardenersAug 22, 2020 6:00 am - Every year now, gardeners should be rethinking what they grow and where because of climate change, experts say. The growing season has become longer, delivering bigger h...
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Banks are putting lower limits on new credit cardsAug 22, 2020 6:00 am - U.S. credit-card lenders are beginning to pull back on the business even as consumers keep up with their bills during the coronavirus pandemic. Total credit on new accou...
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Baseball Way Back: A look at some White Sox history with Rich LindbergAug 22, 2020 1:00 am - The recent passing of former Illinois Gov. James Thompson revived memories of the governor's famous 11th-hour maneuvers to keep the White Sox in Chicago. But was it a ci...
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Go Figure: OPS-ession with home runs comes with a sacrificeAug 22, 2020 1:00 am - What do Miguel Cabrera, Cody Bellinger and Jose Altuve have in common? In addition to Most Valuable Player pedigrees, all were batting below .200 heading into weekend ac...
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Life story: West Dundee actor thrived in local theater communityAug 22, 2020 1:00 am - When Tessa Dettman performed as Dorothy in a grade-school production of "The Wizard of Oz," her love of acting shined through. That shine never faded. Dettman, 25, died ...
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Facts Matter: Trump touts manufacturing boom, but factory jobs down 740,000Aug 22, 2020 1:00 am - President Donald Trump, during a news conference earlier this month, claimed parts of the economy are doing very well. "The manufacturing sector is booming and the produ...
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The Soapbox: Kudos and thanks to Tanya Katovich and Joanna AngelopoulosAug 22, 2020 1:00 am - The Daily Herald editors sound off with short opinions in the Saturday Soapbox. Such good chemistry Hoffman Estates High School chemistry teacher Tanya Katovi...
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Why I'm voting for Joe BidenAug 22, 2020 1:00 am - While we're facing the greatest public health crisis in a century, economic catastrophe and an overdue reckoning of racial inequality, we're also in the home stretch of ...
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We must protect Social SecurityAug 22, 2020 1:00 am - Donald Trump has signed an executive order that, he says, will stop payroll taxes from being deducted from pay checks. He says nothing about what the danger to Social Se...