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Constable: Sox advice for Cubs fansApr 01, 2017 1:00 am - After more than a century of going into every baseball season hoping that, just maybe, "this is the year," we Chicago Cubs fans start the 2017 season Sunday in St. Louis...
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Bad septic system raises stinky problems for buyerMar 31, 2017 6:00 am - Buyers who have never lived before in a home with a septic system don't realize how costly they can be to repair. Q. We purchased a home in a rural area and had the prop...
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Credit bureau settlement shines light on scoresMar 31, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - When is your "credit score" irrelevant in buying a house or refinancing a mortgage? A new federal legal settlement with a major credit bureau has the answer...
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North: Hard to picture Cutler as a successMar 31, 2017 5:19 am - I saw the picture of former Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler that displayed his in-the-buff backside as he vacationed in Mexico with his wife, Kristin Cavallari. To ...
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State troopers honor late colleague with truck safety campaignMar 31, 2017 5:00 am - When state officials and law enforcement leaders gathered in 2015 to dedicate the Willow Road Overpass along the Tri-State Tollway in Des Plaines in memory of Illinois S...
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How Trump could fix health careMar 31, 2017 1:00 am - The recent Republican debacle on health care could prove to be an opportunity. It highlighted, yet again, the complexity of America's system, which continues to be by fa...
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Vernon Hills' Szmyt will live the D-I dream at LouisvilleMar 31, 2017 1:00 am - Andre Szmyt will live the dream, even though the Vernon Hills senior never had it. Not until recently, maybe. "Our linebacker, Andrew Smith, he's like, 'Live my dream fo...
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There's little dignity left in coalMar 31, 2017 1:00 am - By Froma Harrop It was a pathetic scene, coal miners flanking President Donald Trump as he signed an order to dismantle the Clean Power Plan. Trump's imagineers have tur...
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Local studies highlight gap, struggles for women in ITMar 31, 2017 1:00 am - There's no debating that employers in technology industries point to a skills gap as a reason they cannot fill job openings. However, two recent studies from suburban-ba...
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Jackson: Despite the costs, the great north still beckonsMar 30, 2017 10:05 am - There are times when I inspect photographs that my friends and I have taken in the far-north reaches of the sub-Arctic and elsewhere. The brochures and sports show booth...