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Conversion condominium may have been an apartmentOct 24, 2020 7:00 am - Q: I am looking to purchase my first condominium unit. My real estate agent referred to one of the properties I am looking at as a new "conversion condominium." What doe...
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The long run of isolation requires 'social cheerfulness'Oct 24, 2020 6:00 am - I write about long-term grief. But now we are also faced with long-term "stay at home." It crept up on us. We are already at the seventh-month mark of relative isolation...
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How Stevenson grad landed her dream job in ESPN's NBA Bubble coverageOct 24, 2020 1:00 am - To pass the time in the NBA Bubble over the summer and fall, Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat started his own coffee shop. "He ran it out of his hotel room and he named it...
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Constable: Suburban teacher on ballot as third-party VP candidateOct 24, 2020 1:00 am - In the 2016 presidential election, Amar Patel of Lombard was so turned off by the prospect of choosing between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton that he voted for himself...
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Kanye ahead? Only in mock dataOct 24, 2020 1:00 am - Rapper and presidential candidate Kanye West recently touted poll numbers out of Kentucky, which showed him leading Donald Trump and Joe Biden in that state's race. "GET...
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Twenty-five years after Fox River Grove crash, the healing continuesOct 24, 2020 1:00 am - There are days in life we all remember. Oct. 27, 1995, is on my list. That was the night, in my first year at the Daily Herald, I was assigned to cover Cary-Grove at Cry...
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Baseball Way Back: Idea of LaRussa return raises memories of past revivalsOct 24, 2020 1:00 am - I used to tell friends I will remain young as long as Harold Baines is still playing. I enjoyed quite an extended youth as a result. Now I'm ready to say I won't be old ...
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How Oakton College plans to use federal grant to help minority studentsOct 24, 2020 1:00 am - Asian Americans often are viewed as a model minority that's educated and affluent. That stereotype presents a challenge for Asian American students who come from low-inc...
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Inventive time-travel thriller 'Synchronic' compromised by conventionsOct 23, 2020 6:00 am - “Synchronic” - ★ ★ ★ Most people might drop “Synchronic” into the time-travel genre, but it has more in common with the first “Star Wars” trilogy than it does “Loo...
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How an online recipe for banana bread is helping domestic violence survivorsOct 23, 2020 5:30 am - What do an online recipe for banana bread and a host of tips for making it have to do with helping survivors of domestic violence? Nothing, and that's the point. Recogni...