Columns
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Push to cut back on home appraisals sparks controversyNov 30, 2018 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Trump administration wants to eliminate professional appraisals on a large number of home-sale transactions - a move that critics say could push the cou...
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See the late master magician Ricky Jay's collaborations with Chicago's David MametNov 30, 2018 5:00 am - Ricky Jay looked like a guy who played scam artists in David Mamet movies — and he did. The magician-turned-actor who died last week was something of a scam artist himse...
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'They never gave up on the case': DuPage detectives honored for solving Wesselman murderNov 30, 2018 4:28 am - The hunt for 15-year-old Kristy Wesselman's killer was more than three decades old by the fall of 2015, but it wasn't a "cold" case. Not for Kristy's family, and not for...
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Trump has an unethical inner circle because he wants unethical jobs doneNov 30, 2018 12:00 am - President Donald Trump recently tweeted: "Did you ever see an investigation more in search of a crime?" It is usually a bad idea to raise a rhetorical question when the...
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The tide of truth keeps risingNov 30, 2018 12:00 am - "I don't believe it." With those four words, President Donald Trump dismissed a 1,656-page report written by about 300 scientists from 13 government agencies documenting...
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Feder: NBC 5 hires reporter from MilwaukeeNov 30, 2018 12:00 am - Kate Chappell, a news anchor and reporter from Milwaukee, has been hired by NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5, reports Robert Feder. She starts Monday as a reporter and fill-in a...
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Babcock McGraw: UConn out for vengeance against Notre DameNov 30, 2018 12:00 am - Huskies are, of course, dogs. Cute and fast little sled dogs. But are the Connecticut Huskies also underdogs? Apparently, that's the word on the street. Seems almost bla...
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Feder: Sports editor Joe Knowles leaves Tribune with 'mixed feelings'Nov 30, 2018 12:00 am - It's over and out for top sports editor Joe Knowles after 42 years at the Chicago Tribune. He's one of numerous staffers who've taken year-end buyouts offered by the com...
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How to explain to kids Grandpa's estrangement from familyNov 29, 2018 10:00 pm - Q. My father is a narcissist living in a different country. I made peace with who he is a long time ago and don't have a relationship with him. I don't feel any connecti...
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Opinion: Death wish crosses line of acceptable political hyperboleNov 29, 2018 12:00 am - Political discourse in the era of Donald Trump has plunged to new lows. And when you think you've seen the bottom, someone in government manages to take it lower. But t...