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Grammar Moses: Toe that line, tote that bargeMar 31, 2018 1:00 am - I dabbled recently in idioms in which a homophone could be dropped in and the phrase still would make some sense. “Say your peace,” for instance, instead of “say your pi...
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Sellers' wall repairs were soft and shrinkingMar 30, 2018 6:00 am - Q. Before we bought our home, we asked the seller to patch several holes, about 3 inches wide, in the bedroom walls. Two days before escrow closed, we did a final walk-t...
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Why wannabe sellers are looking but not listing their homesMar 30, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Call them the frustrated wannabe sellers - eager to list their homes for sale this spring, but feeling locked out of their markets by severe inventory short...
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Why a convicted killer claimed he got off easy with 47-year sentenceMar 30, 2018 5:00 am - Why would a convicted murderer file an appeal arguing that his 47-year prison term is too light? In the case of Adam D. Belmont - locked up for the 2012 slaying of forme...
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Airline deregulation put profits before passengersMar 30, 2018 1:00 am - Maybe you know about the beautiful 10-month-old French bulldog locked in an airless luggage compartment on a United Airlines flight between Houston and New York. Possibl...
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Miles: It's refreshing to just be a Loyola fanMar 30, 2018 1:00 am - One of my early mentors on the baseball beat was Jerome Holtzman, the "Dean" of Chicago baseball writers. For whatever reason, Jerome took a liking to me and was always ...
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Conservatives can't split the difference on TrumpMar 30, 2018 1:00 am - Is it time for anti-Trump conservatives to recognize that they have lost the political and policy battle within the GOP and to accommodate themselves as best they can to...
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Feder: WGCI cancels concert over 'security concerns'Mar 30, 2018 1:00 am - Citing "specific safety and security concerns," WGCI FM 107.5 abruptly canceled a concert it was to have sponsored Thursday night at the Chicago Theatre, Robert Feder wr...
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State's SBDCs appear to be regaining healthMar 30, 2018 1:00 am - Harriet Parker is happy to be back as the manager of the reborn Illinois Small Business Development Center at Waubonsee Community College's downtown Aurora campus. In fa...
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How parents can guide failing students toward successMar 30, 2018 1:00 am - We probably should have seen it coming. Maybe we did and just hoped somehow it wouldn't really happen. Or maybe we tried our best to get them back on track, but just cou...