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Grammar Moses: When is an epithet an epitaph?Jun 30, 2018 1:00 am - I often get emails about flaws readers find in obituaries: the misplaced modifier that suggests someone was the 10th child in a family to be born in one day; the sometim...
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Home inspector wrong about safety glassJun 29, 2018 6:00 am - Q. Our home is about 50 years old. When we bought it, our home inspector said the sliding glass door did not have safety glass, and he advised us to replace it. Last wee...
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Three suggestions for HBO's 'Westworld' in Season 3Jun 29, 2018 6:00 am - "Westworld," HBO's mystery about realistic theme-park robots ("hosts") rising up against their creators, ended its superior second season last Sunday with more twists an...
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Booming home equity: Financial opportunity or warning sign?Jun 29, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - If you've got it, don't piggy bank it - borrow against it. That seems to be the prevailing sentiment among tens of thousands of American homeowners who've s...
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Which suburbs are arresting the most suspected drunken drivers?Jun 29, 2018 5:33 am - When it comes to getting suspected drunken drivers off suburban roadways, which police departments are doing the most? According to a report Wednesday by Schaumburg-base...
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Court case uncovers targeting of journalist in SyriaJun 29, 2018 1:00 am - While newspapers across the nation struggle to find space for foreign news, a strange story involving the death of a famous war correspondent six years ago in Syria is p...
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Kennedy's retirement offers Trump a path to uniting his partyJun 29, 2018 1:00 am - Luck - pure, dumb luck - is an underestimated advantage in politics, and Donald Trump is one lucky man. He ran for the Republican nomination against a fractured field, i...
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Feder: Tribune tightens security 'out of abundant precaution'Jun 29, 2018 1:00 am - Security was beefed up at the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers owned by tronc following a shooting Thursday at the company's Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, ...
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Sky's DeShields eager to continue improving on defenseJun 29, 2018 1:00 am - Go ahead and talk about Diamond DeShields. As long as you're talking about her ability to defend at a high level in the WNBA, she could listen to you all day. "I want to...
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Road trip drama 'Boundaries' breaks down along bland routeJun 28, 2018 6:00 am - “Boundaries” - ★ ★ ½ Shana Feste's sputtering road movie “Boundaries” boasts a well-cast assortment of flawed, eccentric characters traveling a long, long stretch ...