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Why a textured ceiling shouldn't be covered with drywallFeb 02, 2018 5:00 am - Q. When we remodeled our home, we wanted to get rid of the "cottage cheese" ceilings, but we didn't want the mess of scraping them off. Instead, we covered the ceilings ...
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New real estate survey offers helpful insightsFeb 02, 2018 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — They are gnawing questions that many homebuyers inevitably ponder: What are my chances of getting the house I've fallen in love with at a price I can afford...
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What's 'ATM jackpotting'? And why are banks in the suburbs on the lookout for it?Feb 02, 2018 4:30 am - An ATM spewing out a seemingly endless stream of $20 bills might seem like a dream come true, but for banks “ATM jackpotting” is a new nightmare brought to American shor...
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Assessor's lawsuit is mockery of campaign finance fairnessFeb 02, 2018 12:00 am - Taxpayers in Cook County pay for a lot. Whether it's expensive sales taxes, the former soda tax, liquor tax, gas tax or anything else with a steeper price tag in Cook th...
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Feder: Cumulus hangs onto The Loop, 101 WKQXFeb 02, 2018 12:00 am - Cumulus Media will continue to operate classic rock WLUP FM 97.9 and alternative rock WKQX FM 101.1 under an agreement reached Thursday with Merlin Media, which owns the...
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U.S. takes another step into quicksand of Middle EastFeb 02, 2018 12:00 am - Watching the troubling events on the northern Syrian border with Turkey - events that once again drag the United States even deeper into the Middle East - my thoughts go...
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Feder: Sun-Times drops theater critic Hedy WeissFeb 02, 2018 12:00 am - Eight months after the Chicago Sun-Times ran an editorial declaring "We support our theater critic, Hedy Weiss," the paper is dropping the curtain on her. "Today is Hedy...
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Feder: 'Good Day Chicago' lineup tops most-read posts in JanuaryFeb 02, 2018 12:00 am - A couple of personnel changes at Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32 led the top 10 most-read stories here in January. The addition of Michelle Alegria as traffic reporter (replac...
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Feder: Sun-Times reinstates Roeper, says it'll make Twitter policyFeb 02, 2018 12:00 am - Richard Roeper is back on the beat after a Chicago Sun-Times investigation into whether the movie critic padded his Twitter account by buying fake followers. "Roeper is ...
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Birder's international big year inspires winter searchingFeb 01, 2018 10:00 pm - The Year of the Bird started nicely with a red-breasted nuthatch, a visitor to my peanut feeder on New Year's Day. I couldn't have ordered a better "first bird" of 2018....