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St. Charles businessman aims to help refugeesMay 21, 2017 1:00 am - John Rukel left Croatia to come to the United States with his parents and brother and have since become successful business owners. Now he wants to help other immigrants...
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Babcock McGraw: Draft-pick Coates still waiting in the wingsMay 21, 2017 1:00 am - Talk about adding insult to injury. My heart goes out to Alaina Coates, the Chicago Sky's top draft choice in April and the second overall pick of the 2017 WNBA draft. S...
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Words and the future of Donald TrumpMay 21, 2017 1:00 am - By Fareed Zakaria For most of his life, Donald Trump has found words to be his friends. He has used them to build his business, dramatize his achievements and embellish ...
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High schooler's plea to end pressure strikes chord with allMay 20, 2017 2:00 pm - Pressure. Adults everywhere feel it to some degree. In our careers. In our personal lives. Likely both. And many would argue it starts the day a kid walks through the do...
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Vitamin K plays a role when taking statin medicationsMay 20, 2017 7:30 am - I recently read an excellent medical research paper suggesting that statin medication use, instead of reducing the risk of coronary heart disease, may indirectly increas...
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How to deal with a do-nothing manager who takes the creditMay 20, 2017 7:17 am - Q: A co-worker and I have been running our department for a couple of years. We had a rough patch, but acknowledged our mistakes and worked hard to correct them and inst...
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Mortgage concepts home buyers should knowMay 20, 2017 6:00 am - Home purchasers sometimes get into trouble because they are not clued into the sequence of steps involved in financing their purchase. These are qualification, preapprov...
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Owner can be charged for lost keyMay 20, 2017 6:00 am - Q. I lost the key to the common element cluster mailbox in my condominium association. I was advised that I must replace the mailbox lock. Is the association or owner re...
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Do's and don'ts for surviving divorceMay 20, 2017 6:00 am - Few experiences in life are more difficult to deal with than divorce. Divorce is literally the death of a marriage. And we go through all the emotional gyrations - shoc...
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Women's NCAA, Legends golf tournaments rained outMay 20, 2017 1:01 am - Saturday was not a good day for all the top women golfers who are visiting for two big tournaments. Both the NCAA Division I Women's Championship at Rich Harvest Farms i...