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Context will help today's thinkers thinkJun 11, 2017 1:00 am - Kathy Graham must have one heck of a view from her workplace hangout near the top of one of Chicago's iconic skyscrapers: Principal of The HQ Companies Inc., a four-comp...
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The Quarry men? How the Sox almost played in ElmhurstJun 10, 2017 2:00 pm - Buoyed by the knowledge that when excess rainwater pours into the massive Elmhurst Quarry, people drive there and stare at the flow through a fence, DuPage County plans ...
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Pigeons as radiologists? It's not as far-fetched as you thinkJun 10, 2017 7:30 am - Although this may sound far-fetched, the next person reading your mammogram may actually be a pigeon. I recently read a medical study evaluating the ability of pigeons t...
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Ethanol-free gasoline has pros and consJun 10, 2017 6:01 am - By Doug McAllister Q. Hello, Doug. Love your column in the Daily Herald. It's helped me out a few times. Thanks. I have a question regarding grades of gasoline. We trave...
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Only board can maintain common elementsJun 10, 2017 6:00 am - Q. I live in a six-unit condominium building in a complex of about 40 buildings. The lawn in front of our building seems to be the most unsightly in the entire complex. ...
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Should you pay off an existing mortgage before taking a reverse mortgage?Jun 10, 2017 6:00 am - Most seniors in the market for a HECM reverse mortgage while still carrying a traditional mortgage balance view the HECM as their way of ridding themselves of a monthly ...
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Pay mortgage interest here, deducting mortgage interest thereJun 10, 2017 6:00 am - Q. A reader recently asked you about the value of having a mortgage so she could deduct the interest. I was disappointed that you didn't point out the folly of paying a ...
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Rocha jumps from 52nd to 2nd at IvanhoeJun 10, 2017 1:01 am - With winds blowing steadily at 25 miles per hour and gusting to 35 at times, Saturday didn't figure to be a good day for scoring at the Rust-Oleum Championship. A couple...
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Rozner: PGA future alive and well on Web.com TourJun 10, 2017 1:00 am - Walk a golf course during a Web.com Tour event and you might not immediately grasp the magnitude of what's at stake. But spend five or six days following a player or gro...
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Grammar Moses: Does anybody really know what 'day' it is?Jun 10, 2017 1:00 am - Sometimes the most innocuous-sounding questions turn out to be the biggest head-scratchers. Gary Hayden of Lombard asked: "I once saw an article about a family in which ...