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Tax reform could knock your investment plans off trackJan 27, 2017 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - The small-scale owners of millions of rental homes, parcels of investment land and income-producing commercial and business real estate might not know it, b...
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Bloomingdale officer showed how small acts can make a big differenceJan 27, 2017 4:10 am - In his all-too-brief career as a police officer, Raymond A. Murrell showed that even small actions can improve relations between police and the community they serve in a...
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North: Time for Bulls, Sky to get their acts togetherJan 27, 2017 4:00 am - So now everyone wants to leave Chicago! Well, not everyone, just two of the city's basketball stars: Dwyane Wade from the Bulls and Elena Delle Donne from the WNBA's Ch...
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Ziehm: Highlights from the PGA Merchandise ShowJan 27, 2017 12:01 am - ORLANDO - Be it clubs, balls, training devices or apparel, the PGA Merchandise Show always has something to intrigue every golfer. The 64th staging of this biggest show ...
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The perils of a tweeter in chiefJan 27, 2017 12:00 am - All political leaders, presidents in particular, dream of using technology to avoid the media filter and speak directly to the American people. Thomas Jefferson - both e...
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Bickering at New York Times let Trump off the hookJan 27, 2017 12:00 am - Now that the horses have left the barn, trotted out the front gate and are galloping headlong down the county road, editors at The New York Times have taken to public bi...
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Gire: Why critics shouldn't let behind-the-scenes controversies impact reviewsJan 26, 2017 5:00 am - Universal Pictures canceled last weekend's press junket and premiere of "A Dog's Purpose" after someone released a disturbing video showing a frightened dog being forced...
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Constable: Unlike namesakes, presidential cookies always 'nut-free'Jan 26, 2017 4:15 am - By Burt Constable bconstable@dailyherald.com When it comes to memorizing the names of our nation's presidents, today's first-graders have it 36.5 percent tougher than a ...
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Lester: Former aides to suburban Republicans now working for TrumpJan 26, 2017 4:00 am - Two people who cut their teeth working for suburban Republicans have landed key spots in Donald Trump's administration. Gerrit Lansing, 33, of Lake Forest is the new Whi...
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Wars of wordsJan 26, 2017 12:00 am - In the days after the presidential inauguration, there was a lot of talk about "war." Man-talk. You know how they are when they get together, telling battle stories and ...