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It's OK to tell well-meaning friends you're still grievingAug 16, 2016 1:00 am - Q. My mom died suddenly a year ago. I've had several friends make comments to the effect that it must be good to be done with the grieving, that the hard part is behind ...
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Why young voters find Trump a turn-offAug 16, 2016 1:00 am - People always remember their first presidential vote - their first participation in the largest decision of American democracy. In high school, I was a rather awkwar...
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Do You Have a Sales GPS?Aug 16, 2016 1:00 am - I was driving to a sales call last week when it dawned on me how much easier it is to find my destination today than it was when I started my selling career. I used to s...
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Betrayal is unavoidable in this pick-your-poison electionAug 16, 2016 1:00 am - It's time for an intervention. Make that a pair of interventions. Friends don't let friends vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. As someone who supports neither of...
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Finding new home for mistreated dog is bestAug 15, 2016 11:00 pm - Q. My brother-in-law recently lost his apartment, so my husband and I offered to watch his dog while he finds a new place (he is staying with his girlfriend, whose compl...
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Imrem: MLB sure needed somebody like Lilly KingAug 15, 2016 5:01 pm - Ah, Lilly King, where were you when baseball needed you? The answer is that the Olympic gold medalist wasn't born until 1997. Maybe baseball's steroids era wouldn't have...
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Skilled birder uses his ears for identificationAug 15, 2016 6:00 am - There is my list, and there is Kyle's list. When we're birding together, his list is always longer. The tall, quiet kid from Bellwood is a bird-finding machine. Kyle Wi...
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Did you know ragweed is part of the ambrosia family?Aug 15, 2016 5:30 am - Ambrosia - ah! Just the sound of the word is pleasing. Ragweed - ugh! The sound of that word makes us shudder. Ragweed is ambrosia, botanically speaking. Ambrosia is th...
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Rozner: Chicago Cubs' DJ just didn't throw hard enoughAug 15, 2016 1:00 am - Sure, it's possible that the DJ spinning records Sunday night at Wrigley Field didn't realize the song he was playing after Aroldis Chapman left the game was offensive. ...
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Program aims to make clean-air incentives succeedAug 15, 2016 1:00 am - As the Illinois Field Organizer for Moms Clean Air Force, an organization that advocates for children's health in regards to air pollution and climate change, and a moth...