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Who owns the rights to your designs? It dependsJan 01, 2017 6:12 am - Q: I work for a small nonprofit and handle all of our in-house graphic design. Graphic design was not a duty laid forth in my hiring; it was a skill set I brought to the...
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Don't refuse gift before reading its messageJan 01, 2017 4:00 am - Q. My husband and I just received a package that's likely to be a Christmas gift from my brother and sister-in-law. They have been harshly critical of me over the past t...
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Rozner: Best news is Bears season overJan 01, 2017 12:00 am - And thus, another fine Chicago Bears season is in the books. Once again, there is no winning record. Once again, there is no division title. Once again there is no playo...
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Use LinkedIn to find customers, not just jobsJan 01, 2017 12:00 am - LinkedIn launched, officially, in May 2003. A month later, the network had 4,500 members. Third quarter last year (2016, if your calendar is slow), LI had 467 million me...
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Good riddance, 2016Jan 01, 2017 12:00 am - By George F. Will Viewing 2016 in retrospect - doing so is unpleasant, but less so than was living through it - the year resembles a china shop after a visit from an es...
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Trump wishes us all a happy thermonuclear new yearJan 01, 2017 12:00 am - Now that the presidential election is over, will it ever really end? Not if Donald J. Trump and the cable news networks get their way. Having made the election into a pr...
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Davis: No kidding, we did find political letters that made our '16 faves listJan 01, 2017 12:00 am - Truth be told, 2016 wasn't the best year for our favorite letters to the editor salute, now making its fourth annual appearance. The nastiness and viciousness of the pre...
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Palatine lawyer learned some strategy as rugby player for BlazeJan 01, 2017 12:00 am - James R. Doerr of Winfield is a defense attorney with Palatine-based Lavelle Law Ltd. and does a monthly podcast called "Liberty and the Law." And while he's competitive...
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6 young Suburban Standouts: Where are they now?Dec 31, 2016 6:30 am - One of our favorite things during the holiday season is catching up with the young men and women we have profiled over the years in our Suburban Standouts column. And i...
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Lester: Beloit man carves path through suburbs to Wrigley in wheelchairDec 29, 2016 4:33 am - Four years after he lost the his right leg in an auto accident, his father to Alzheimer's disease and his mother to cancer, Dennis Schulze is taking an unlikely journey ...