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How an annuity improves a retirement planJan 12, 2019 5:00 am - "Your article on annuities did not demonstrate that an annuity always improves a retirement plan." Well, Warren Buffett's retirement plan would not be improved by an ann...
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Payment in arrearsJan 12, 2019 5:00 am - Q. This past November, I made my normal mortgage payment. Then, in the middle of that month, we sold the house. And at the closing, I paid off the whole remaining loan. ...
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Facts Matter: Ted Nugent isn't planning benefit concert for border wallJan 12, 2019 12:00 am - A story recently shared on social media said rocker Ted Nugent had put together a star-studded concert to raise money to fund President Donald Trump's wall at the southe...
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Rozner: There's logic to White Sox's pursuit of Machado, HarperJan 12, 2019 12:00 am - Interesting spot these White Sox are in today. It's well into January and two of the best free agents in MLB history are still flirting with them, mostly because the mar...
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Constable: American Girl model from Arlington Heights morphs into Power RangerJan 12, 2019 12:00 am - Facing numerous possibilities for life after high school, Jacqueline Scislowski of Arlington Heights was sure of one thing. “I was going to get yellow for my dorm room. ...
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Grammar Moses: Please enjoy this weirdly normal columnJan 12, 2019 12:00 am - Andy Warhol famously said, "I am a deeply superficial person." I not-so-famously say, "Hon, this soup is awfully good." Oxymorons are wonderful little contradictions tha...
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A gift for me: Keeping your loved one in your everyday lifeJan 11, 2019 10:00 pm - A nice little trick to keep a loved person in your life is to let them "give" you a gift from time to time. A little fantasy can go a long way. It sounds like a childish...
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Federal shutdown creating mortgage victimsJan 11, 2019 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - When the government shuts its doors because of a funding brouhaha that pits the White House against Capitol Hill, who gets hit hardest among people needing ...
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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...