Columns
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Smell from deceased critter creates issue in rental homeSep 18, 2016 6:00 am - Q. I own a rental house here in town. Apparently, there is a bad odor on the second floor, which is probably due to a dead animal. I remember hearing an animal in the wa...
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Trust can be changed to remove condominiumSep 18, 2016 6:00 am - Q. A few years ago, my husband and I set up a trust and living will. Included in the trust are two pieces of real estate. One is our primary residence and the other is a...
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Geneva art fundraiser benefits kids with cancerSep 18, 2016 6:00 am - Alyssa Alvin's love of art and music, especially the piano and violin, was apparent to all who encountered her at Geneva High School. Sadly, so was her struggle with leu...
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Firm boundaries will help put mom in her placeSep 18, 2016 5:00 am - Q. By mutual agreement, my ex and I ended our six-year relationship last year. We've remained friendly because we recognize that we simply grew up and apart since we met...
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Strong families stay positive in tough timesSep 18, 2016 1:00 am - Editor's note: Ken Potts is taking some time off. In his absence, we are republishing a series of columns that first ran in 2003. This column is the ninth of 10 explorin...
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Uncle Sam, student loan sharkSep 18, 2016 1:00 am - One of the odd things about borrowing money when you go to college is that you borrow the money when you don't have enough income to pay taxes. When it comes time to pay...
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Rozner: The wait is on for CubsSep 18, 2016 1:00 am - And just like that, the story has gone from anticlimactic division-clinching, to a World Series-or-bust narrative that will go away only if the Cubs are playing baseball...
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Pro boxer builds Palatine business, careerSep 18, 2016 1:00 am - When Achour Esho left his native Syria as a youngster, he never expected one day to become a professional boxing champion and then a business owner. The founder of Palat...
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Hillary Clinton, storytellerSep 18, 2016 1:00 am - By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts Hillary Clinton has a long history of hiding the whole truth about herself. The latest example - declining to reveal for 48 hours ...
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New crime column: Deadly crosswalks, hulking copsSep 17, 2016 2:00 pm - Seems that suburbanites love to leadfoot around town, stopping only, and not always immediately, when the light turns red. Crosswalks? What might those be? People grew f...