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Decide if party is for mom's benefit or kids'Jun 18, 2017 6:00 am - Q. My sibs and I (coming from three different continents) are planning a vacation for our mom's upcoming 70th birthday. We all agree it would be a wonderful surprise. Th...
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Moisture can cause cracking noisesJun 18, 2017 6:00 am - Q. My floor in the front part of my home has been making the loudest cracking noises I have ever heard. I built the home 15 years ago and that's how long this has been g...
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Brooks Koepka wins U.S. OpenJun 18, 2017 1:01 am - ERIN, Wis. - No, Dustin Johnson didn't defend his U.S. Open title on Sunday. In fact, the game's No. 1-ranked player didn't even qualify for the weekend rounds at Erin H...
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St. Charles man forgoes family construction business to build in ITJun 18, 2017 1:00 am - Michael Dorrance of St. Charles could have gone into the family construction business. Instead he decided to build new things in IT. The junior software engineer at G2 ...
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When will we get off this carousel of hate?Jun 18, 2017 1:00 am - Tragedies such as the attack on a congressional baseball team cry out for interpretation, and resist it. By intention or not, the shooter was strategic in his malice, g...
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Feder: WXRT's Rice retiring from 'Saturday Morning Flashback'Jun 18, 2017 1:00 am - Wendy Rice, the voice of “Saturday Morning Flashback” on WXRT FM 93.1 for more than 30 years, is stepping down from the CBS Radio adult album alternative station. Rice a...
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Sky let lead slip away against FeverJun 18, 2017 1:00 am - Last month, former Chicago Sky star Elena Delle Donne stood in front of the visitor's locker room at Allstate Arena and talked about how weird it was to be in that locke...
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But her boss lets her wear a jean jacketJun 18, 2017 1:00 am - Q: The dress code at my office is applied randomly. I was told I couldn't wear my jean jacket, and the next day another person at my level was wearing hers. Our dress co...
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Pushing kids too far, too fast comes at a costJun 18, 2017 1:00 am - In the last 20 years or so, we have developed a wealth of material instructing parents on how to accelerate their children's learning of academic and other skills. Much...
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Is vacation a good time to plan business' transition?Jun 18, 2017 1:00 am - Even with back-to-school dates earlier than ever in many communities, there's still time to get a few weeks away with the family. Besides, a couple of weeks might give y...