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Judgment against neighbor could impact home saleDec 21, 2018 5:00 am - Q. I loaned money to a neighbor some years back and he never paid me back. I filed a lawsuit and obtained a judgment against him for $5,000. Shortly after that he lost h...
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Doesn't anyone care about radon gas?Dec 21, 2018 5:00 am - Q. We recently moved from an area where homebuyers are concerned about radon gas and routinely request radon tests before purchasing property. Where we now live, no one ...
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Is your realty agent looking out for you, or someone else?Dec 21, 2018 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - When you're involved in a real estate transaction, do you assume that the realty agents are required to represent the best interests of the homebuyer or sel...
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Widescreen: After 'Mary Poppins,' there was 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks'Dec 21, 2018 5:00 am - Mary Poppins is back in the pop culture consciousness this week, starring in a sequel to the 1964 film that, like the magical nanny herself, is practically perfect in ev...
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How suburban cops and the ATF are teaming up to track guns used in crimesDec 21, 2018 4:33 am - Every time someone shoots a semi-automatic gun, the weapon's firing pin, breech face and ejector leave unique marks on the casing of the bullet's cartridge. Like a finge...
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Michael Gerson: Caring about the lives of prisoners benefits society as a wholeDec 21, 2018 12:00 am - Cleveland has written the latest chapter in the unfolding scandal of the American criminal justice system. A report by the U.S. Marshals Service details a series of fai...
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Want to root for a winning Illini squad? Look to volleyballDec 21, 2018 12:00 am - It's not easy being an Illinois football fan these days. The Illini just wrapped a 4-8 campaign, 2-7 in the Big Ten. It's been seven years since Illinois has had a winni...
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Feder: 'Happy ending' to stellar career as Steve Dahl leaves WLS todayDec 21, 2018 12:00 am - Forty years after Steve Dahl burst onto Chicago radio as a 23-year-old cocksure kid hosting a morning show called "Steve Dahl's Rude Awakening," he's bowing out as an el...
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Feder: Media in memoriam — 2018Dec 21, 2018 12:00 am - Gone but not forgotten: Robert Feder takes a look back at Chicago media luminaries who left us in 2018. Read the full list here. ...
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Cokie and Steve Roberts: Media is tougher on Trump because he fabricates more than his predecessors.Dec 21, 2018 12:00 am - "The man doesn't tell the truth." That simple, devastating statement describing Donald Trump was not made by a political foe. It was made by Michael Cohen, Trump's close...