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Late, complaining tenants may not be so easy to evictJan 11, 2019 5:00 am - Q. We have tenants who are driving us crazy. Constantly late with payments, complaints from our other tenants (we own a three-flat) and they are constantly complaining t...
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Attic access could violate garage firewallJan 11, 2019 5:00 am - Q. We want to use our attic for additional storage space and were planning to install a folding ladder in the garage ceiling for access. This seemed like a good idea unt...
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Widescreen: Three comeback stories to inspire sad Bears fansJan 11, 2019 5:00 am - Even though we all saw it happen for real last Sunday, Cody Parkey's blocked, double-doinked field goal in the closing moments of the Bears-Eagles NFC Wild Card playoff ...
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How a video of suburban cops facing a feisty squirrel became a viral hitJan 11, 2019 4:00 am - McHenry police took to Facebook on New Year's Day to post a funny video of an officer's encounter with a feisty squirrel that was bound and determined to barge its way i...
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Feder: WTTW to air 'Disco King of Skokie' tonightJan 11, 2019 12:00 am - "The Disco King of Skokie" - the title of a documentary premiering tonight on WTTW-Channel 11 - is no exaggeration, Robert Feder writes. Starting in the late 1970s, no ...
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What, precisely, do Democrats want to impeach trump for?Jan 11, 2019 12:00 am - Newly sworn-in Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib electrified progressives with her passionate declaration that she and her colleagues will "impeach the (expletive)" - the "(...
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Give yourself permission to move away from toxic momJan 10, 2019 10:00 pm - Q. No one in my family, including myself, wants to spend time with my mom. She can be really toxic. She has hurt me all my life, and, really, everyone I love. I stopped ...
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Movie review: 'Dog's Way Home' a heartwarming tale for kids and animal loversJan 10, 2019 10:00 am - “A Dog's Way Home” - ★ ★ ½ “A Dog's Way Home” possesses all the funny, cute and heartwarming moments you'd expect in a conventional canine movie. It's a gratifying adve...
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A call for serious action to upgrade MetraJan 10, 2019 12:00 am - As members of the Metra Board of Directors, and as mayors of cities in the Chicago area, we are doubly concerned about the commuter railroad's serious capital funding cr...
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Listening, respect and the flow of democracyJan 10, 2019 12:00 am - Last month, we opened the door to an expanded way of thinking about Daily Herald editorials when we hosted a meeting of the new members of a Sounding Board we assembled ...