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State should follow Chicago's lead and raise the minimum wageJul 09, 2018 1:00 am - On July 1, the city of Chicago raised its local minimum wage to $12 an hour. The move is part of an incremental process the Chicago City Council initiated in 2014 to rai...
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The gift of traveling aloneJul 08, 2018 6:00 am - While I'm away, readers give the advice. On traveling alone: In a move that was completely out of character for me, I took a trip to Europe alone in spite of my incredib...
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Complicated roof being converted to metalJul 08, 2018 6:00 am - Q. My home is in central Ontario, Canada. We get extreme winter and extreme summer heat, also. The house is a century home from 1881 with a 100-year-old addition and ano...
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Volo Auto Museum restores Disney busJul 08, 2018 6:00 am - Volo Auto Museum will offer a magical experience to guests on Aug. 11 - a chance to ride a Disney double-decker Omni-bus. These very British people movers debuted at Dis...
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Constable: What made Schaumburg woman catatonic? A rare disease misdiagnosed as mental illnessJul 08, 2018 5:00 am - Behind those once-bright eyes of that catatonic woman staring off into the space of her hospital room hides the vivacious wife Paul Braker loves. When and how April Kay ...
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Solution to immigration crisis begins south of the borderJul 08, 2018 1:00 am - One of the insights a foreign correspondent like me gains quickly from history is that, strangely enough, the big problems in foreign policy often have their roots in sm...
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Offenders should still be treated with humanityJul 08, 2018 1:00 am - An administration not known for policy creativity is unlikely to have useful internal policy debates. But in the Trump administration, prison reform is a welcome excepti...
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Moderation is the key when it comes to vitamin EJul 07, 2018 7:30 am - For thousands of years discovering the secrets to a long life has been a primary goal for most of humanity. But sometimes figuring out if something is a help or a hind...
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Keep the items that make you feel betterJul 07, 2018 7:30 am - "Hamza - the horse that runs fast across the desert" Hamza is a car, the favorite of my dear husband Baheej. He named it Hamza, which means "the horse who runs fast acro...
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Association employee must have a day offJul 07, 2018 7:00 am - Q. Can an association employee work seven days a week? A. It is my general understanding that an employee cannot be required to work seven days a week. However, an emplo...