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Did buyers do anything shady to back out of deal?Mar 15, 2019 6:00 am - Q. A couple months ago, my husband and I sold our house and purchased another, contingent on our sale going through. Our buyers twice requested to extend their financing...
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How Lake County is working with schools to save time, lives in crisis situationsMar 15, 2019 5:30 am - When it comes to protecting students in a school crisis, every second counts. That's what officials in the Lake County sheriff's office and Mundelein-based Fremont Eleme...
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Small-town girl Gustafson makes big-time impact at IowaMar 15, 2019 1:00 am - There's a tiny, modest little town near Lake Superior in the northernmost part of Wisconsin called Port Wing. Population: 164. The combined middle school and high school...
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Brexit will mark the end of Britain's role as a great powerMar 15, 2019 1:00 am - One of the great strengths of democracy is that bad policies are often reversed. That's a consolation when we look at the flurry of pandering programs being enacted as t...
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Feder: Chicago Sound Check turns local music scene up to 11Mar 15, 2019 1:00 am - A music writer for the Daily Herald has turned his passion for discovering new artists and up-and-coming bands into a vibrant website that explores the Chicago and subur...
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Feder: New CBS 2 anchor Brad Edwards says he's still 'just a news guy'Mar 15, 2019 1:00 am - Just because he's been promoted to the top news anchor job at WBBM-Channel 2 doesn't mean Brad Edwards will be off the street. One day after he was named to replace Rob ...
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Baldfaced hornet nest: Nature's architectural marvelMar 14, 2019 11:00 pm - It wasn't the Great Pyramid of Giza, but the nest outside my office window was an architectural wonder. I marveled at this structure from its incipient stages last July...
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Movie review: Cystic fibrosis patients share a potentially fatal attraction in 'Five Feet Apart'Mar 14, 2019 8:00 am - "Five Feet Apart" - ★ ★ ½ In the dying teen drama "Five Feet Apart," a charismatic adolescent couple suffering from cystic fibrosis not only must avoid personal contact,...
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Constable: How a newly sober man plans for a dry St. Patrick's DayMar 14, 2019 5:30 am - Last St. Patrick's Day, Connor celebrated his Irish heritage with a few beers. “Just drinking and enjoying the time,” the 25-year-old Park Ridge man says of his time spe...
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Accountability makes good governmentMar 14, 2019 1:00 am - As various House committees gear up for a season of investigations and hearings on President Donald Trump and his administration, a lot of people are worried that progre...