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Average real estate commissions dropping to low 5 percent rangeJan 13, 2017 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - The average commission rate paid on American home sale transactions continues to decline and could dip below 5 percent within the next few years. That's the...
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Parents should think twice before co-signing for a mortgageJan 13, 2017 5:00 am - Co-signing for a mortgage is a great way for parents to help their kids buy a house, but mom and dad should first consider the potential pitfalls. Q. Our daughter and so...
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Gire recalls Gene Kelly interview on 'Singin'' co-star Debbie ReynoldsJan 13, 2017 5:00 am - Gene Kelly on 'Singin'' "Singin' in the Rain," one of the greatest movie musicals ever made, returns to the silver screen at 2 and 7 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 15, and Wednesd...
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Elgin violent crime up for first half of 2016; drop expected for second halfJan 13, 2017 4:00 am - It was a tale of three cities when it came to the largest suburbs and violent crime in the first half of 2016. According to statistics released by the FBI this week, the...
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Keep Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac until they are no longer neededJan 13, 2017 4:00 am - In September 2008, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were placed in a federal governmental conservatorship. The crisis-induced rise in mortgage defaults had eroded their capita...
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'Hillbilly Elegy' raises provocative questionsJan 13, 2017 12:00 am - "Well, I was drunk the day my mama got out of prison / And I went to pick her up in the rain / But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck / She got runned ...
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Let's turn down the noise and run our businessesJan 13, 2017 12:00 am - There's more political blather than ever, so let's turn down the volume when the talking heads talk; ignore the tweets and bemused responses; and, for at least a while, ...
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Hatred for the West is ingrained in Russia's historyJan 13, 2017 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - As we count down to the inauguration of the next American president, the word - but more the idea - of Russia has dominated the news headlines. And, as the ...
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Constable: Another convention with reason to celebrateJan 12, 2017 4:30 am - Those dreadful summers of a few years ago are all forgotten now. This weekend's 2017 convention celebrates last year's success, while predicting more of the same for thi...
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Lester: Suburban lawmakers refund leadership stipends after reportJan 12, 2017 4:30 am - After the Daily Herald reported two suburban lawmakers were getting $1,506 checks for two days of work, state Reps. Peter Breen and Keith Wheeler decided to refund the m...