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Homebuyers can reap bargains thanks to growing lender competitionJun 08, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Could lenders' pain be your gain if you're shopping for a home mortgage? Maybe. Though it hasn't been in the headlines, mortgage companies are having a chal...
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Are police dogs another victim of the opioid epidemic?Jun 08, 2018 5:30 am - Naloxone: It's not just for people. While the national opioid epidemic claims 115 human lives a day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there's...
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Weir makes charge at Rust-Oleum ChampionshipJun 08, 2018 1:01 am - Former Masters champions don't usually play in Web.com Tour events like this week's Rust-Oleum Championship at Ivanhoe Club. Mike Weir, the Canadian left-handed golfer w...
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The forgotten importance of mannersJun 08, 2018 1:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer Perhaps because I am so helplessly enamored of Turner Classic Movies and its magical old films, I am one of those Americans who has found herself m...
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Feder: Illinois Broadcasters Hall of Fame honors Bill PlanteJun 08, 2018 1:00 am - The great Bill Plante, who covered five presidents as CBS News senior White House correspondent, was inducted Wednesday in the Illinois Broadcasters Association Hall of ...
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Feder: Chicago Sun-Times has '60 percent' chance of survival, CEO saysJun 08, 2018 1:00 am - The Chicago Sun-Times has only a 60 percent chance of still being in business two years from now, according to the newspaper's CEO. Edwin Eisendrath, who headed the inv...
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It may be messy, but politics is key to our progressJun 08, 2018 1:00 am - Every so often, I jot down a list of the things that discourage me about our country. There's the widespread disregard for our core values of tolerance and mutual respec...
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Rozner: Maverick McNealy making his own way in pro golfJun 08, 2018 1:00 am - There is much that is so obviously impressive about Maverick McNealy. But it is the less than obvious that is more striking. It's that the 22-year-old looks you in the e...
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Students get unexpected lesson in the food chainJun 07, 2018 11:00 pm - Do you feel sorry for a worm slurped down by a robin, or a crayfish gobbled up by a raccoon? Probably not. Now, let's turn the table. Instead of a warm-blooded, feather...
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District 47 students get free books from local nonprofitJun 07, 2018 11:00 pm - Crystal Lake Elementary District 47 students recently received a donation of roughly 2,000 books through a new partnership with the nonprofit Bernie's Book Bank. This y...