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Homeowner has swamp under houseJan 12, 2020 5:00 am - Q: Every time it rains, the crawl space under my house becomes a swamp, with ponds and puddles everywhere. Several of my neighbors have the same problem, but I've crawle...
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Call a lawyer: For some workplace disputes, it's just the best optionJan 12, 2020 5:00 am - As alert online readers are quick to point out, I'm not a legal expert. I'm just a keyboard jockey with a sympathetic ear and a tongue-in-cheek perspective on interperso...
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'Sources of conduct' show challenges of Iranian containmentJan 12, 2020 12:00 am - As the United States and Iran have taken a step back from confrontation, the questions going forward are what happens next and is there a path for the United States to a...
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Cook county Just Housing Ordinance affects associationsJan 11, 2020 6:00 am - Cook County adopted the Just Housing Ordinance (JHO) on April 25, placing substantial restrictions on the use of criminal background checks in the tenant screening proce...
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Cleaning closets: You never know what you'll find in thereJan 11, 2020 5:00 am - I've been on a rampage, cleaning out closets. Grief freezes a lot of vision. I have spent seven years just putting items, papers, records, etc., into closets. Old houses...
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Constable: Blindness, disabilities no obstacle to computer use at Wheaton nonprofitJan 11, 2020 12:00 am - By Burt Constable bconstable@dailyherald.com If they were those kind of mothers at that kind of gathering, Ann Byrne and Kimberly Delaney could be trying to outdo each o...
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Facts Matter: U.S. has not reinstated military draftJan 11, 2020 12:00 am - Following the U.S. drone hit earlier this month that killed Iran Gen. Qassem Soleimani, there was an increase in Google searches for the phrase "draft age," according to...
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Mendoza: State won't collect red light camera fines. Suburbs: We'll get someone else to do itJan 11, 2020 12:00 am - Twenty-one suburbs will have to find a new way to collect delinquent red-light camera fines this year. Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said she's "getting out of the...
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Loyola's Achter turning women's basketball program aroundJan 11, 2020 12:00 am - The apple really doesn't fall far in Kate Achter's family. Grandpa coached girls basketball. Dad did, too. So did auntie. Then, Achter joined the family business. "I co...
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Grammar Moses: You say po-tay-to, I spell po-ta-toJan 11, 2020 12:00 am - Who exactly was it the United States killed on Jan. 3 that sparked a ramp-up of aggression between Iran and the U. S.? Was it Qassem Soleimani? Was it Qassim Suleimani? ...