Columns
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Constable: Dementia can add stress to Mother's Day, and vice versaMay 13, 2017 1:00 am - Today is Mother's Day, not Mothers' Day. The national holiday isn't a celebration of motherhood and all mothers, but a chance for you personally to remember your mom. Th...
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Grammar Moses: This column won't make you bust a gutMay 13, 2017 1:00 am - Tom Hanrahan of downstate Harrisburg is a new reader of this column. "Perhaps you could address the increasing use of the word 'busted.' And not in the noun form as in a...
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Rozner: Blackhawks' cap problems only getting worseMay 13, 2017 1:00 am - In hindsight, it's a much simpler exercise. It's pretty easy to look at some of the Blackhawks' contracts and recognize the ones that didn't work out very well. The Brya...
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Elgin American Legion honors World War II veteranMay 12, 2017 11:00 pm - The history books give us all of the heroic and horrific details of June 6, 1944, when Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy. For Walter Guzy of St. Charles, Jun...
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Hot housing market makes loan 'preapproval' more vitalMay 12, 2017 6:00 am - Savvy buyers in today's tightening housing market get "prequalified" for a loan, rather than just "prequalification." Q. We are looking for our first home to buy. Our qu...
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Zillow under fire for “Zestimate” systemMay 12, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — It was bound to happen: A homeowner has filed suit against online realty giant Zillow, claiming the company's controversial “Zestimate” tool repeatedly unde...
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Seller confused about plumbing jargonMay 12, 2017 6:00 am - Q. The people who are buying our home hired a home inspector. He said our dishwasher drain hose needs an airgap to prevent a sewage backup into the dishwasher. Unfortuna...
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Suburban cop, Special Olympian star in Dunkin' Donuts adMay 12, 2017 5:30 am - An online ad promoting next week's Dunkin' Donuts' "Cop on a Rooftop" fundraiser for Special Olympics features a couple of familiar faces in DuPage County law enforcemen...
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North: Cubs should make a play for Yu DarvishMay 12, 2017 5:19 am - The World Champion Chicago Cubs, currently in fourth place in the National League Central Division with a 17-17 record, are struggling and that's an understatement. Befo...
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Walsh: Don't give Trump a pass when he's wrong - and he's wrong on ComeyMay 12, 2017 1:00 am - I'm a Donald Trump supporter. I voted for him and - 112 days in - I'd vote for him again. As a former member of Congress, I found his call to "drain the swamp" in Washin...