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Small businesses fear 'fairy tale' of a progressive income taxFeb 10, 2020 12:00 am - By and large, America's small business community is feeling good about the direction of the country. According to the latest survey results from my association, the Nati...
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Feder: Marquee Sports Network to air sports betting show 'Follow The Money'Feb 10, 2020 12:00 am - Marquee Sports Network, set to debut February 22 as TV home of Chicago Cubs broadcasts, will air a weekday morning sports betting show - "Follow The Money" with Mitch Mo...
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Ryan Pace has to figure out what he has before he goes shopping in free agencyFeb 10, 2020 12:00 am - There is little to no debate about what the Bears' greatest needs are in order for them to return to the playoffs in 2020, or even much disagreement about what comes fir...
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How the Academy's push for diversity enabled 'Parasite' to make Oscar historyFeb 10, 2020 12:00 am - I am delighted - and bowled over - that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences agrees with me that Bong Joon Ho's South Korean political drama "Parasite" is th...
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How a stuntman from Wheaton worked on three of the year's Oscar nomineesFeb 09, 2020 6:32 am - Quentin Tarantino loved it. Hollywood stuntman (and former Wheaton and Park Ridge resident) Joe Bucaro was on a vintage Triumph 650 motorcycle burning doughnuts into the...
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St. Charles contractor to award new roof to breast cancer survivorFeb 09, 2020 6:25 am - After watching his mother deal with various forms of breast cancer over 22 years, Gary Paris had another thought in mind beyond helping his mother get through difficult ...
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What to do about a lazy co-worker when management doesn't careFeb 09, 2020 5:09 am - Q: It recently became obvious that a co-worker was spending two to four hours out of each day texting and shopping online using the company computer and her personal cel...
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Helping children cope with their parents' divorceFeb 09, 2020 5:00 am - Six-year-old Mary loved her mother and father. She wasn't supposed to, though. According to her mother, her father had '"abandoned" Mary. He was probably a "drunk," and ...
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Brick planter should not be built against the houseFeb 09, 2020 5:00 am - Q: Last year, I built a brick planter against the front wall of my home. Now that I'm selling the property, the termite inspector says there should be an air space betwe...
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A proposal for a less 'stupid' system of regional primariesFeb 09, 2020 12:00 am - A few weeks after the 2000 presidential election, when Al Gore won the popular vote but George Bush won the Electoral College vote with a push from the Supreme Court, a ...