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Rare genetic disorder doesn't slow down Arlington Heights teenMay 03, 2017 6:00 am - At every junior varsity boys volleyball game at Rolling Meadows High School, sophomore manager Molly Birmingham takes her seat on the bench — and it's a prominent one at...
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Why your tax bill could go up if homeowner's exemption changesMay 03, 2017 5:00 am - A proposal billed as a way to provide property tax relief to Illinois homeowners might actually have the opposite effect for many taxpayers. By a 108-1 vote last month, ...
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Ignorance and demagoguery on tradeMay 03, 2017 1:00 am - When we discuss international trade and balance of payments, there are two types of accounts. There is the current account, which includes goods and services imported an...
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McNamara a study in perseverenceMay 03, 2017 1:00 am - What follows is a story of spirit. In 2012 Kate McNamara felt her back go out of whack in a wakeboarding wipeout. Fast forward nearly five years and she is bidding for a...
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The language of hatred, increasingly normalized by TrumpMay 03, 2017 1:00 am - For those who claim that Donald Trump has been pasteurized and homogenized by the presidency, his sour, 100th-day speech in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was inconvenient. ...
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Find bargains at Batavia's citywide garage saleMay 02, 2017 11:00 pm - It's garage sale weekend. It's a time for bargain shoppers to find some fabulous deals and a great opportunity for the Fireworks Committee to earn some money for the bea...
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'Rats and mud': Memories of Dundee World War I veteransMay 02, 2017 11:00 pm - Rats and mud. Put them together, and they create unbearable living conditions for a dozen or so Dundee Township and Elgin residents who fought in World War I. To describ...
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There are steps you can take to reverse crankinessMay 02, 2017 11:00 pm - Q. Lately I've noticed I've become an angry, suspicious, negative person. I want to tell everyone off. More so since the election, but if I think back, this has been bui...
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A confederacy of dictatorsMay 02, 2017 11:00 pm - It should have been obvious, but I missed it: Steve Bannon has been banished and Dennis Rodman is whispering in the president's ear. Oh, OK, maybe not, but it could exp...
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Music notes: Celebrate spring with jams at Mackey's in McHenryMay 02, 2017 6:00 am - Jam is in season Spring Jam is back for its 13th year of toe-tapping funk, foot-stomping bluegrass, and deep, deep jams from Chicago and throughout the suburbs. Friday n...