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Feder: Broadcast museum to downsize with sale of top two floorsSep 17, 2018 1:00 am - In order to keep its doors open, Chicago's Museum of Broadcast Communications plans to sell two floors of its four-story building in River North, according to multiple s...
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Buffalo Grove grad Sommers enjoying a good fall at TrinitySep 17, 2018 1:00 am - The setter for Harper College's national championship team two years has helped her Trinity International women's volleyball team get off to a solid start this season. S...
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Kavanaugh nomination now hangs by thinnest of stringsSep 16, 2018 11:00 pm - It is difficult to comment on an unfolding news story, but this one demands it. It is hard to write about someone you know and like, especially concerning matters of cha...
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Multi-year planning, efficiencies helping Dist. 211 operate free of debtSep 16, 2018 11:00 pm - A recent headline in the Daily Herald read that the Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 budget lowers costs and forecasts a $7.9 million surplus. Understandably...
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How to handle bully of a brother-in-lawSep 16, 2018 6:00 am - Q. My husband of 15 years has two sisters who live two and four hours away, respectively. Sadly, both parents died five years ago. We try to keep the family ties despite...
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Some companies still don't have any female directors. California wants to fine them.Sep 16, 2018 1:00 am - To fix the stubbornly low numbers of women serving on corporate boards, investors have tried to pressure companies to add more female directors. Lawmakers have pushed to...
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Why my faith in America is still strongSep 16, 2018 1:00 am - It's so easy these days to despair about the future of our country. It feels like half the people I run into just want to pull the covers over their heads and ignore the...
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Kavanaugh is better than his senatorial accusersSep 16, 2018 1:00 am - A surefire ideological Kool-Aid test? Those who think Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was wounded during his hearings have heavily imbibed. Democratic senators on...
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Respect the bereaved's spiritual beliefsSep 15, 2018 7:30 am - This is a complicated topic, but important. I grew up in northern Minnesota among people mostly of Scandinavian decent, some Irish, a little German. The basic rule in fa...
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Surveillance cameras allowed in common areasSep 15, 2018 7:00 am - Q. The board of our association is looking into security cameras for each of our buildings that would record common areas for later review in the event of vandalism, or ...