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Constable: House of future turns 50Jul 01, 2017 1:00 am - She wasn't sure what the thing was, but Judy Broggi knew she wanted to live in it. The house-hunting Broggi, department coordinator for prints and drawings at The Art In...
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Rozner: Struggles for Cubs, Schwarber very normalJul 01, 2017 1:00 am - Baseball is hard. No, really. Baseball is hard and it's always been. You can blame Jason McLeod and Theo Epstein for making it look easy. At least, blame them for findin...
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Two TV traditions return for the FourthJun 30, 2017 6:00 am - Have you ever thought to yourself, “You know, these Independence Day fireworks are great, but they'd be even better with John Stamos?” You got it, dude. Riot Fest's ...
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How to sniff out an overpowering odorJun 30, 2017 6:00 am - Q. We've got this awful smell in our house. It comes and goes from time to time and is driving us nuts. We've checked in the crawl space for dead animals. We've cleaned ...
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Arbitration clause can prevent costly legal battlesJun 30, 2017 6:00 am - Most preprinted offer forms today contain an arbitration clause that can keep both parties out of court if a real estate deal goes awry. Q. We want to make an offer on a...
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When buying a house, know tax burden may changeJun 30, 2017 6:00 am - Q. If we buy a house, can we expect to pay the same property taxes as the person we buy it from? A. Sometimes yes, sometimes no. In some locations, the tax assessment is...
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A new way to estimate your home equityJun 30, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Do we really need another Zillow Zestimate-style online gizmo to tell us what a computer model says our homes are worth? Probably not. There already are sca...
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Former death row inmate wants new trialJun 30, 2017 5:30 am - Former death row inmate Ronald L. Kliner will be back in a suburban courtroom Friday asking a judge to toss out his conviction for a notorious Palatine Township murder-f...
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Mom's fighting spirit inspires LPGA's Lexi ThompsonJun 30, 2017 1:01 am - These are not easy times for Lexi Thompson, the best American player in women's golf. Frequently the face of the LPGA Tour - at least at U.S. tournaments - Thompson unch...
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What's ailing health careJun 30, 2017 1:00 am - The Senate health care bill, which was scuttled Tuesday until after July 4, was doomed by two narratives: Republicans are mean, and poor people would be dropping like fl...