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Are Illinois tollway payment machines shortchanging cash-paying drivers?Nov 11, 2019 4:30 am - Got family or friends from out of town visiting this Thanksgiving? Tell them to pack nickels and dimes along with the pumpkin pie. That's because the $76,000 automatic p...
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Feder: Marquee Sports Network needs to get its Cubs programming in gearNov 11, 2019 12:00 am - With the launch of Marquee Sports Network barely three months away, the future TV home of the Chicago Cubs finally got around to hiring a programming chief, Robert Feder...
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Constable: Some suburban veterans find a way to heal, with operaNov 11, 2019 12:00 am - There are myriad ways to honor veterans on Veterans Day, but there's only one opera partially commissioned by the Army. And the cast includes local veterans. "This is th...
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The Bears made two major moves on offense Sunday. Did they really help?Nov 10, 2019 11:00 pm - It was hard to escape the feeling during Bears coach Matt Nagy's weekly post-mortem Monday that the season has devolved to the same point as our current politics. This a...
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'FriendsGiving Party' to raise treatment funds for St. Charles family battling Lyme diseaseNov 10, 2019 6:00 am - Sarah Nitkey started having symptoms similar to a stubborn flu when in middle school nearly 10 years ago. Little did her St. Charles family know she would still be sick ...
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It's hard to make a name as a writer when editors misspell your bylineNov 10, 2019 5:05 am - Q: My last name is uncommon and frequently misspelled - almost always in the same way, with two letters inverted. I work as a freelance writer, and when someone on an ed...
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Should home inspectors disclose asbestos?Nov 10, 2019 5:00 am - Q: When we bought our house, the home inspector said the heating ducts might be insulated with asbestos. He recommended testing by an asbestos specialist. The asbestos i...
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Consolidation plan is good first step on pension crisisNov 10, 2019 12:00 am - During my time in the Illinois legislature, what I enjoyed most was identifying and making good public policy. Policy that did not enrich well-positioned individuals, co...
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Democrats will go for the safe candidate - BidenNov 10, 2019 12:00 am - Joe Biden is going to win the Democratic nomination for president. I wouldn't run to your bookie with this information. My track record is spotty, at best. But I'll be s...
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Rozner: For Bears, winning ugly is pretty goodNov 10, 2019 12:00 am - Never mind the TVs. Mitch Trubisky and Matt Nagy could have turned off the lights at Halas Hall if those two had figured out a way to lose this one. Facing a Lions team ...