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Facts Matter: Florence didn't kill hogs; Henry Winkler did not die, leave money to TrumpSep 22, 2018 1:00 am - Pictures of pig carcasses floating in water recently appeared on social media sites, captioned, "The victims nobody talks about … (Hurricane Florence in North Carolina)....
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'Mandy' and more: Five essential Nicolas Cage performancesSep 21, 2018 6:00 am - Nicolas Cage, that most enigmatic, enraged and enthusiastic of actors, is riding a wave of critical buzz thanks to the gory, psychedelic horror show “Mandy,” which opene...
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More borrowers faking their incomes, employment to buy homesSep 21, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Prices are up, interest rates are rising, and it's tough for a lot of people to qualify to buy a home. So what do some of them do? A growing number of them ...
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A garage door must reverse for safetySep 21, 2018 6:00 am - Q. Our home is about 40 years old. Before buying it, we hired a home inspector and were pleased with his work at the time. But since then, one of his recommendations has...
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Two years later, murder of Barrington Hills construction magnate remains a mysterySep 21, 2018 5:30 am - It's been almost two years since the badly beaten body of a Barrington Hills construction magnate was found dead in a torched vehicle abandoned in Chicago's Pilsen neigh...
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Feder: NBC 5 to air Kelly Clarkson talk show next fallSep 21, 2018 1:00 am - Kelly Clarkson, the Grammy Award-winning singer and first winner of "American Idol," will host a syndicated daytime talk show to debut in the fall of 2019 on NBC-owned s...
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Rozner: For a night, Chicago Cubs find the magic againSep 21, 2018 1:00 am - With a week left in the baseball season, amid a brutal stretch of baseball and a pennant race to boot, Joe Maddon did not pretend that Addison Russell wasn't a distracti...
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These senior woman are still ballers on the courtSep 21, 2018 1:00 am - Back in the day, Christy Bowman watched a lot of basketball games. Like many moms, she took great pleasure in watching her kids play, in grade school, in junior high and...
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Tax change did more to disrupt Puerto Rico than MariaSep 21, 2018 1:00 am - When you read about the tragic deaths in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria, you'll find two "real" stories pulling you to tears and anger with their drama, pathos and sen...
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Constable: 'The King' is dead, but the legend lives in St. CharlesSep 21, 2018 1:00 am - Hailed as "The King" of rock 'n' roll, Elvis Presley died in 1977 at age 42. The following 41 years without Elvis have been filled with Elvis Presley tribute artists and...