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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...
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Are you in good enough shape to be an FBI agent? We took the test.Aug 17, 2018 5:30 am - Like most everyone we've known on the cops beat, we sometimes find ourselves wondering what it's like on the other side of the badge and whether we have what it takes to...