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Montenegro looks West, away from MoscowMay 19, 2017 1:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer Often enough through history, while the international community focuses on the huge problems it faces, it's easy to overlook important small places...
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Sky drop home opener to DreamMay 19, 2017 1:00 am - Most people aren't good at being patient. But patience is going to be a must for the Chicago Sky and its fans, at least for a while. The Sky is now 0-2 on the season wit...
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Future unclear for capital gains exclusionMay 18, 2017 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - It's often the biggest pot of gold available to any homeowner, yet its fate remains unclear under the main tax code overhaul plans proposed so far on Capito...
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Deductions for property taxes could be on the chopping blockMay 18, 2017 11:00 pm - A tax-reform "outline" that President Donald Trump recently presented to Congress suggests that write-offs for real estate property taxes might be eliminated. Q. Is it t...
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Director calls 'Lovers' a more honest drama about affairsMay 18, 2017 6:00 am - Why 'Lovers' director bans cellphones on set Writer/director Azazel Jacobs' "The Lovers" provides sharp, poignant insights into why both members of a middle-aged married...
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Constable: RizzO's vs. Grandpa Rossy Crunch - which is healthier?May 18, 2017 5:30 am - Since he announced his retirement from baseball last season, backup catcher David Ross has won a championship with the Cubs, hit a home run in his last official bat duri...
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Baseball: Haddon, Land put a winning wrinkle into Libertyville's pitching staffMay 18, 2017 1:00 am - There are headliners on every team. For the Libertyville baseball team this season, junior pitchers Riley Gowens and Colin Fields have most often been in that role. The ...
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It's critics who can halt 'assault' on our institutions from withinMay 18, 2017 1:00 am - James R. Clapper Jr., the former director of National Intelligence, told CNN that "our institutions are under assault internally." "Internally, from the president?" aske...
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Strange fruit, 2017May 18, 2017 1:00 am - Please, somebody tell these boys it's 2017. Last weekend, several dozen white people, most of them male and all of them loud, swarmed Lee Park in Charlottesville, Virgin...
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Meet the new development director at Fox Valley Hands of HopeMay 17, 2017 11:00 pm - Ginia Goggio has been on the job as development director of Fox Valley Hands of Hope for about a month, but she's already getting a good idea of what makes the organizat...