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Paying for mom's 90th birthday partyJun 17, 2018 6:00 am - Q. My mother turns 90 this month. She said she wanted a party to celebrate the milestone. My three siblings are fine with carrying out her plan by helping with the invit...
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State must instill bipartisanship as routine for creating budgetsJun 17, 2018 1:00 am - For the first time since Gov. Bruce Rauner took office three and a half years ago, Illinoisans will begin the next fiscal year with a budget intact. Social service prov...
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Rozner: Here's a problem MLB must address ASAPJun 17, 2018 1:00 am - Rob Manfred is trying. You can give the baseball commissioner that much. At least he's trying. Attendance is down this year, mostly due to weather and tanking, and perha...
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Beware crafty job scammers, even on the most trusted classified ad sitesJun 17, 2018 1:00 am - "I feel like I am being scammed." So began the message from "Sophie," a Maryland resident whose story is a reminder that even on reputable sites such as Monster, Glassdo...
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For China, Trump has been the gift that keeps on givingJun 17, 2018 1:00 am - LONDON - "America will remain the world's dominant power in the 21st century only if it is the dominant Pacific power," the late Lee Kuan Yew often said to me. Lee, the ...
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Can geranium extract cut down on duration of a cold?Jun 16, 2018 7:30 am - When I was a young lad one of the advertised goals of medical research was to cure the common cold. However, over the past 50 years there have been no real medical adva...
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First year after a death is intense, challengingJun 16, 2018 7:30 am - The first year after the death of a loved one has lots of special challenges. It's very intense, and one is still in a bit of a fog. It's loaded with practical demands...
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Ownership in common elements is divided one way onlyJun 16, 2018 7:00 am - Q. As is typical, the units in our condominium have different percentages of ownership in the common elements, depending on the value of the units. That "value" was base...
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Wet carpeting can mean plugged drain tubeJun 16, 2018 6:01 am - By Doug McAllister We have seen a few cars come in the shop lately with water on the front passenger-side floor. It is actually not uncommon to see this in the beginning...
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Refinancing in a rising-rate/rising-property-value marketJun 16, 2018 6:00 am - With interest rates no longer at rock-bottom levels, few borrowers still have an opportunity to profit by refinancing into a lower interest rate. However, the escalation...