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Builder won't give attic mold warrantyOct 23, 2022 7:00 am - Q: Our new home is currently being built, and we were worried about mold on the roof rafters. When we pointed this out to the builder, he had the wooden surfaces profess...
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Jim O'Donnell: Olczyk's bittersweet return to the United Center all about unstated valuesOct 23, 2022 6:00 am - EDDIE OLCZYK WILL RETURN to the United Center Sunday afternoon. If he can stand the stink. After 16 seasons in the Blackhawks broadcast booth, the distinctive Chicago na...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: 'Go away, kid. Ya bother me'Oct 23, 2022 1:00 am - I don't live in Rhode Island. I live right next door to Rhode Island, in Massachusetts. This means that I don't vote in Rhode Island, but I am deluged with television ad...
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Bagels, cream cheese and delightful changes, both big and smallOct 22, 2022 7:00 am - Did you ever meet a friend or a partner who changed your whole life? It happened to me, and my life took a totally different course. This is great luck if it's a good an...
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How will eliminating bail affect counties' finances?Oct 22, 2022 1:00 am - Cash bail is being eliminated throughout Illinois next year as part of a criminal justice reform bill called the SAFE-T Act, a piece of legislation that has become a hot...
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Facts Matter: Old data used in claim about COVID vaccinesOct 22, 2022 1:00 am - A misleading post appears to claim there is a connection between the COVID-19 vaccines and cancer in younger adults. The Oct. 16 Instagram post includes a meme showing t...
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Grammar Moses: A tale of two citiesOct 22, 2022 1:00 am - Sorry for the Victorian clickbait headline, Dickens fans. This is my first and last mention of London and Paris, and there will be no revolution with which to frame this...
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When Bob met Sue: How the Tri-Cities benefited from volunteers' decades of serviceOct 21, 2022 6:00 am - Maybe it was the psychedelic lights flashing on the walls during a teen dance in 1967 at Mount St. Mary High School in St. Charles that helped a young Bob McDowell, a se...
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Spotlight: Wheaton native John Gawlik helms Gift Theatre's premiere of “The Locusts”Oct 21, 2022 6:00 am - Odd couple Newly established Iambe Theatre Ensemble's season continues with "The Roommate," Jen Silverman's dark comedy about the unlikely friendship between a recently ...
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Stolen bike may be both a police and association matterOct 21, 2022 6:00 am - By David M. Bendoff Q: Our condominium recently had a resident report their bike stolen from our bike room. We have the women who stole the bike on camera (we can't iden...