Columns
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Pop-Up Film Festival brings independent movies to OaktonNov 24, 2017 5:00 am - The fourth annual Pop-Up Film Festival will show four independent movies Nov. 28 to Dec. 1 at Oakton Community College's Footlik Theater, 1600 E. Golf Road, Des Plaines....
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Home inspection limited to what is visibleNov 24, 2017 5:00 am - Q. We bought our house five years ago and hired a home inspector to find all the defects. After all these years, we learned that an important defect was omitted from the...
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'Dunkirk' is coming home — and back to theatersNov 24, 2017 5:00 am - Happy Black Friday! Do you need a gift idea for that super film nerd in your family? The one with the newest TV, the loudest sound system and the movie posters all over ...
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How Sarah Huckabee brings White House watchdogs to heelNov 24, 2017 12:00 am - When White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders asked the press corps Monday to preface their daily briefing questions with a statement of thankfulness, reporter...
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Mom's unhelpful advice leads to self-doubt and anxietyNov 23, 2017 10:00 pm - Q. I was laid off recently from a job of 15 years. My confidence took a blow. When I told my mom, she said, "Hurry up and update your resume. And don't forget to add you...
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Geneva's FreshGround Roasting keeps local cafes suppliedNov 23, 2017 6:00 am - If you are a true coffee lover, it's quite likely the thought of being involved in a career based on coffee might cross your mind at some point. That was the case for Er...
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Reasons to be thankful in tax-and-spend IllinoisNov 23, 2017 12:00 am - Many Illinoisans will be hard-pressed this week to find something to be thankful for with regard to a state government that is taxing and spending its way to insolvency....
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Why you should resist snagging that handicapped spot on Black FridayNov 23, 2017 12:00 am - Anyone who's been to Woodfield Mall on Black Friday, or just about any other day in the weeks leading up to Christmas, knows the challenge of finding a parking spot with...
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Slusher: Good news is not limited to the holidaysNov 23, 2017 12:00 am - As the holiday season arrives, it's common to see the newspaper filled, in print and online, with reports of the generosity and kindness of people throughout the suburbs...
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Jackson: An old fisherman gives thanks for his blessingNov 22, 2017 9:05 am - For this column to publish on Thanksgiving Day is a bonus to me. I'm writing here without a single drop of drama, just memories of me living a life with my clocks moving...