Columns
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Grammar Moses: Do brand names date us?May 18, 2019 1:00 am - Last week's column on the genericization of such brand names as "Kleenex" and "Frisbee" stirred the passions of many readers. Former English major Stephen Smart was amon...
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Constable: New charity gives Des Plaines mom the furniture she needsMay 18, 2019 1:00 am - Wandering the aisles of the vast Chicago Furniture Bank showroom, 28-year-old single mother Trayhanda Starling is free to pick out any bed, sofa, love seat, arm chair, d...
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New lawsuits raise question of who should pay homebuyer's agentMay 17, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - The long knives are out again for one of American real estate's oldest and most controversial traditions: requiring home sellers to pay the agents who repre...
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Fact-based 'Trial by Jury' offers cautionary tale about justice systemMay 17, 2019 6:00 am - “Trial by Fire” - ★ ★ ½ British actor Jack O'Connell makes no concessions when playing a man charged with burning his three little daughters to death in Edward Zwi...
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Worried about the 'Game of Thrones' finale? Here are 3 shows that stuck the landingMay 17, 2019 6:00 am - If the angry mob on Twitter, the television blogosphere or the Rotten Tomatoes scores are accurate representations of the global audience watching "Game of Thrones," exp...
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Cops and Crime: One in four people who buy online gets counterfeitsMay 17, 2019 5:30 am - That designer handbag you bought at a deep discount online? It's a fake. The rare autographed sports collectible you found on an online auction site? Counterfeit. Those ...
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Trump's 'America First' philosophy has created a less stable worldMay 17, 2019 1:00 am - Donald Trump has seemed largely uninterested in foreign policy. He got excited briefly when he thought he could win a Nobel Peace Prize and hyped the danger of an immine...
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Cathy Engelbert perfect choice for WNBA commissionerMay 17, 2019 1:00 am - The WNBA seems to have hit the jackpot with the hiring of its new commissioner. Cathy Engelbert is the whole package. She knows business. She knows families. And she kno...
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Naperville natives pitch business on 'Shark Tank'May 17, 2019 1:00 am - Two Naperville natives recently took a dive into the "Shark Tank" and came out with a big bite. Brothers Anthony and Nick Pucci took their product, Cubicall, to the popu...
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Feder: Tracy Baim celebrates 35 years as media trailblazerMay 17, 2019 1:00 am - Friends and colleagues of Tracy Baim will gather next week at Sidetrack, 3349 North Halsted Street, to toast the groundbreaking Chicago journalist on her 35th year in LG...