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How to know where to sit in a meetingOct 28, 2018 1:00 am - Reader: I'm a project leader. I recently organized a meeting in our small conference room. After I sat down, my supervisor told me I was sitting in "John's" seat. I apol...
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Red Ribbon Week and fighting addictionOct 28, 2018 1:00 am - By Thomas Britton Guest columnist Seventy thousand Americans died from a drug overdose last year. In fact, if you are under the age of 50, it's the leading cause of deat...
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Paid time off to vote? How employers are trying to drive Election Day turnoutOct 28, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Former presidents, pro sports teams and pop singers aren't the only ones calling for Americans to make sure to vote Nov. 6: More employers, too, are taking ...
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Mexican cop not assaulted by caravanOct 28, 2018 1:00 am - A photo of a bloodied Mexican police officer has accompanied a variety of social media posts this month, claiming the officer was brutalized by members of a caravan of m...
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Does a balanced diet reduce asthma attacks?Oct 27, 2018 7:30 am - Most of us in traditional medicine have a perception that different organs act, for the most part, independently of each other. In reality all of our organs communicate ...
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Is condominium association responsible for mice, pest control?Oct 27, 2018 7:00 am - Q. For the last three years each autumn, mice get into our first-floor condominium unit through a hole between the foundation and brick above. Each year I have had to hi...
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Debt consolidation during a period of rising interest ratesOct 27, 2018 6:00 am - Debt consolidation is the conversion of high-rate debt into lower-rate debt in order to reduce total interest costs. Homeowners with large amounts of credit card debt wh...
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Rozner: For Chicago Wolves owner, fans - not money - come firstOct 27, 2018 1:00 am - Don Levin did not become a wealthy man by losing money. And he didn't become a successful businessman by getting beat. So it may be difficult to comprehend for those who...
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Grammar Moses: Hold the homophone ... what did you say?Oct 27, 2018 1:00 am - I was thinking of Abbott and Costello's "Who's on first?" bit the other day and this came to me: Job interviewer: "So, you worked in a cheese factory? What did you do th...
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Lake Zurich woman's charity gives voice to those with rare diseasesOct 27, 2018 1:00 am - With her Harmony 4 Hope charity, Lake Zurich's Kerry Hughes gives people with rare diseases more than a voice. "It's such an empowering experience in an otherwise powerl...