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Is eating organic food worth the cost?Nov 10, 2018 6:30 am - Is a steady diet of organic food healthier than conventionally grown food? One half of the argument is that organic food does not contain pesticides and herbicides that...
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Associations must adopt owner complaint policy under the ombudsperson actNov 10, 2018 6:00 am - Illinois condominium and common interest community associations must finally adopt a written policy for resolving complaints made by unit owners, pursuant to Section 35 ...
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Burn fireplace logs for ambience, not heatNov 10, 2018 5:00 am - Q. I always buy firewood to use in my open fireplace. I burn it just for ambience, not really for heat. I thought about using fireplace logs instead. Are they as efficie...
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Why Not Use Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to Reduce Mortgage Costs?Nov 10, 2018 5:00 am - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have now been in federal governmental conservatorship for 10 years, with no end in sight and no plan for their future. While the prevailing po...
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Grammar Moses: How about a little gutter talk?Nov 10, 2018 12:00 am - I wrote recently about homophones. This week, thanks to dedicated reader Linda J., I'll be talking about homographs. As a refresher, a homograph is a word that has the s...
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Constable: This Arlington Heights veteran served in WWII, Korea and VietnamNov 10, 2018 12:00 am - When Chester Diolanti walks into a Veterans of Foreign Wars lodge, he has options. The 95-year-old Arlington Heights man can sit with his World War II peers. Or he can s...
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Rozner: Chicago Blackhawks' maintain goal is playoffs nowNov 10, 2018 12:00 am - As the days have passed since the stunning firing of Joel Quenneville, some elements of the past, present and future have started to come into focus. It will take time t...
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'Walking Dead' TV movie plan is foolhardy, but could it be foolish?Nov 09, 2018 5:00 am - Shortly after the episode hyped as Rick Grimes' final appearance on "The Walking Dead" ended last Sunday night, Variety broke some news about AMC's iconic zombie-apocaly...
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For-sale-by-owner deals appear to be fizzlingNov 09, 2018 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - What's been happening to that good old-fashioned American way to sell your home - doing it yourself, with minimal or no commission costs? If you believe new...
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Laundry water drains into backyardNov 09, 2018 5:00 am - Q. The home I'm buying has a bootlegged drain pipe for the washing machine, as reported by my home inspector. Instead of draining the laundry into the septic system, the...