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Stubborn garage door closerFeb 06, 2022 5:00 am - Q: My garage door closer only works if I press the button continuously until the door is fully closed. If I remove my finger from the button while the door is closing, t...
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Springfield's 2022 legislative session and small businessesFeb 06, 2022 12:00 am - The Illinois General Assembly is scheduled to conclude its 2022 regular session in early April. This creates a sense of urgency to promptly move forward legislation focu...
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The making of a readerFeb 06, 2022 12:00 am - There's a voracious reader in all of us, I thought, but my youngest daughter was determined to prove me wrong. I took her to the eye doctor for one reason: so he could t...
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Biden drags Democrats downFeb 06, 2022 12:00 am - Most of us see President Joe Biden's falling job approval rating as a measure of his declining popularity. But for every candidate, Democrat or Republican, running for t...
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Jim O'Donnell: Is Rocky Wirtz battling to cleanse his conscience?Feb 05, 2022 8:00 am - SO ROCKY WIRTZ PLAYED to pedigree this week. And now elements of the Chicago sports media are all lathered up in some kind of Fort Courage victory dance. A very wealthy ...
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Fannie Mae now requires robust reservesFeb 05, 2022 6:00 am - Q: Can you describe some of the key points of the new Fannie Mae condominium lender guidelines? A: Effective Jan. 1 this year, the Federal National Mortgage Association ...
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Good advice sometimes comes from unexpected placesFeb 05, 2022 5:00 am - Today my calendar with daily advice said: "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." Sounds like pop psychology, I know. Yet it's really a direct quote fr...
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Healing the glut of vacant office spaceFeb 05, 2022 12:00 am - Employees aren't just taking their work home with them anymore. More than ever, they're making their office at home. So is anybody else wondering what will become of al...
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Zalusky: Brady could have called his signals from behind home plateFeb 05, 2022 12:00 am - The last active professional athlete drafted by the Montreal Expos has retired, read one Twitter post. The tweet was accompanied by a manufactured photo of Tom Brady in...
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Eberflus' first Bears coaching staff will have something old and something newFeb 05, 2022 12:00 am - Matt Eberflus is currently knee deep and about half way through the most important job he will do in his first season as the Bears head coach: Assembling his first staff...