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Grammar Moses: Don't disrespect 'disrespect,' but steer clear of 'moist'Jan 20, 2018 12:00 am - By Jim Baumann jbaumann@dailyherald.com Words - like music - spiral through your cochleae at the same frequency as the next guy's but often with different emotional resu...
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Rozner: Blackhawks have reason to be desperate nowJan 20, 2018 12:00 am - Joel Quenneville isn't ready to ponder life without Corey Crawford. And for good reason. Crawford's been as good as any goalie in the league and was the main reason the ...
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Don't worry: HELOCs will survive despite new tax lawJan 19, 2018 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - It's a big and confusing question for many homeowners in the wake of the December tax law changes: Are new interest-deductible home equity credit lines (HEL...
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Buyers seek best material for home exteriorJan 19, 2018 5:00 am - Q. In the desert town where we are moving, some houses have stucco exteriors, and others have either vinyl or aluminum siding. We asked our home inspector which is best,...
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Big brother's murder led new Aurora cop to his career choiceJan 19, 2018 4:33 am - Jason Contreras was just 3 years old in November 1996 when a stray bullet intended for an older relative flew into his house on the east side of Aurora and killed his 6-...
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Feder: Cumulus opts out of White Sox, Bulls, 101 WKQX, The LoopJan 19, 2018 12:00 am - Struggling to emerge from bankruptcy, Cumulus Media announced plans Thursday to drop its money-losing multiyear contracts to broadcast White Sox baseball and Bulls baske...
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We need strong Congress as well as strong presidentJan 19, 2018 12:00 am - Presidents need oversight and scrutiny; they need a Congress that will press them and insist on consultation. They get very little of that pressure today. Because we liv...
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Responses to Trumpism are greatest concernJan 19, 2018 12:00 am - In my youth, our mothers would have compared the problem with American party politics today to the problems of picking a man. Of course, mothers in the 1960s compared EV...
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Sister-in-law's FaceTiming ruins New Year's EveJan 18, 2018 10:00 pm - Q. When does FaceTime become an intrusion? My sister-in-law recently relocated to our area. We invited her to join us for our traditionally quiet New Year's Eve celebrat...
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Horror-comedy 'Mom and Dad' explores dark side of parental resentmentJan 18, 2018 5:00 am - "Mom and Dad" - ★ ★ Brian Taylor's ultra-black horror comedy "Mom and Dad" squeezes a few guilty chortles from a gleefully sadistic and absurdly heightened take on pare...