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'Only if' offers shunned by some home sellersAug 11, 2018 6:00 am - Q. I know you wrote about this in past columns, but I didn't save them. I have fallen in love with a nearby house that's not on the market yet, and the owner says he doe...
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Grammar Moses: A tortuous explanation of a torturous encounterAug 11, 2018 1:00 am - I have a habit - an annoying one, I'm sure - of walking down a row of cubicles in the office en route to a meeting and, with a mere glance at a computer screen, finding ...
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Constable: Suburban birder honked off by plans to change conservation lawAug 11, 2018 1:00 am - While birders are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the iconic conservation law credited with saving birds such as the trumpeter swan and the bald eagle from extincti...
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Facts Matter: 'Plenty of water' to battle California wildfiresAug 11, 2018 1:00 am - Wildfires in Northern California are being "made so much worse" because of environmental laws responsible for available water being diverted into the Pacific Ocean, Pres...
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Widescreen: With more series choices than ever, why do I keep watching 'Seinfeld' reruns?Aug 10, 2018 6:00 am - This past weekend on NPR's “It's Been a Minute,” host Sam Sanders and his guest, comedian D.L. Hughley, gave voice to a creeping feeling I've had. Sanders asked Hughley,...
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Homeowner can't find source of foul odorAug 10, 2018 6:00 am - Q, For the past two weeks, a strong foul odor has permeated our guest bedroom. We were sure an animal had died under the house, but the subarea has been thoroughly inspe...
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Credit tool offers customized path to a better scoreAug 10, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - If you're seriously thinking about buying a home in the months ahead, you almost certainly know how important your FICO credit score will be in getting a mo...
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Spike Lee's 'BlacKkKlansman' a politically prescient call to cultural armsAug 10, 2018 6:00 am - "BlacKkKlansman" - ★ ★ ★ ★ Wake up! That has been a recurring, resonate civil alert all through Spike Lee's movie career, never more so than in his polarizing, groundbr...
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Teen prisoners can grow veggies, skills in Kane CountyAug 10, 2018 5:03 am - Can growing vegetables help teenage prisoners develop useful skills and respect? Officials and volunteers at the Kane County Juvenile Justice Center believe so. And the ...
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Feder: WGN happy to celebrate Tom Skilling's 'amazing 40 years'Aug 10, 2018 1:00 am - News that Sinclair Broadcast Group's long-planned merger with Tribune Media crashed and burned this week isn't the only thing they're celebrating at WGN-Channel 9, Rober...