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Slouching toward autocracyAug 19, 2018 1:00 am - In their book, "How Democracies Die," political scientists Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt write: "How do elected authoritarians shatter the democratic institutions t...
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Association must protect deceased owner's propertyAug 18, 2018 7:00 am - Q. An owner of as unit in our association recently died. Various family members have now come to the association office and have demanded that the association give them ...
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Distinguishing mortgage shopping sites from 'gotcha' sitesAug 18, 2018 6:00 am - A mortgage-shopping site is designed to allow a potential borrower to select the best offer from a competing group of lenders before contacting one, avoiding the sales p...
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What mortgage should first-time buyers look for?Aug 18, 2018 6:00 am - Q. We are planning to buy our first home. Between us we have good income and pretty good credit, but not all that much cash for a down payment. Also, we are not married....
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Sage Run's drumlin will make a big impact on Michigan golfAug 18, 2018 1:01 am - BARK RIVER/HARRIS, Michigan - Very few new golf courses are opening these days. That's just a reflection of these economic times. One did in July in Michigan's Upper Pen...
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Grammar Moses: This is the epicenter of a grammar revolutionAug 18, 2018 1:00 am - "I have noticed an increasing use of 'epicenter' in the news over the past several years: the 'epicenter' of crime wave or the disease," writes Jim Mann. "I think that t...
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'I saw some real valor': Geneva Marine vet turns his Vietnam War notes into a bookAug 18, 2018 1:00 am - From his pilot perch in the busy cockpit of a workhorse CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, Marine 1st Lt. Harold G. “Hal” Walker witnessed the horrors and heroics of the Vietn...
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Omarosa exaggerated Chicago's weekend murder tallyAug 18, 2018 1:00 am - During a "Daily Show" stop to promote her new book, former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman claimed there were 600 murders in Chicago during a weekend earlie...
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Frozen credit files can slow mortgage processAug 17, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — Nearly a year after the catastrophic Equifax hack exposed 147 million Americans' personal and financial data to cybercriminals, victims are about to get a b...
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House flooded by leaking washerAug 17, 2018 6:00 am - Q. Last week, I started a load of laundry and walked out of the room, not realizing there was a leak inside my washing machine. Instead of filling the wash tub, water ra...