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Which medication is best for treating a low-functioning thyroid?Mar 03, 2018 6:30 am - A low-functioning thyroid is one of the most common medical conditions diagnosed by physicians. Supplementation with thyroid hormone has been the gold standard for tre...
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More on creating a competitive home mortgage marketMar 03, 2018 5:00 am - "Shifting control of appraisals to borrowers, and requiring lenders to purchase and pay for any insurance that protects lenders, would help borrowers but these changes w...
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How to settle on a price for your homeMar 03, 2018 5:00 am - Q. When we get ready to sell our home, should we pay for a professional appraiser or just rely on Realtors' suggestions? Can we call brokers if we're really going to sel...
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Questions about garage door rulesMar 03, 2018 5:00 am - Q. I heard a story on the news about a homeowners association in California that fined owners for keeping the garage door of their unit closed during the day. This was a...
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Constable: Show must go on for man who is more than lounge pianistMar 03, 2018 12:00 am - Celebrating the biggest night in show business, Streamwood's Wayne Richards isn't going to let the 90th Academy Awards get in his way. "Fifty years ago, I made the deter...
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Rozner: Tiger Woods moving the PGA needle againMar 03, 2018 12:00 am - After capturing the Honda Classic a week ago, Justin Thomas said he had never heard roars like that on a golf course. But they weren't for the winner. They weren't even ...
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Grammar Moses: It's all 'well' and 'good'Mar 03, 2018 12:00 am - "Here's something you might have some fun with in Grammar Moses," wrote Jim Slusher, our deputy managing editor for Opinion, who really should be the regular author of t...
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Dim-witted way to wire a ceiling fanMar 02, 2018 6:00 am - Q. Last year I installed a dimmer switch on the ceiling fan in my living room. This enabled me to control the brightness of the light, as well as the speed of the fan. D...
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Congress asked to crack down on mortgage 'trigger leads'Mar 02, 2018 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - You've probably never heard of a "mortgage trigger lead." But as a consumer, you might be shocked to learn that in an era of massive data breaches and hacks...
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School safety more than a calling for archdiocese's new anti-violence chiefMar 02, 2018 4:30 am - Like everyone else, school safety is on Phil Andrew's mind a lot these days. But for Andrew, the former FBI agent recently named director of violence prevention initiati...