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Brexit could open housing options for AmericansJul 17, 2016 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - When mortgage interest rates slide close to all-time lows - as they have since the Brexit vote - do you sit on the fence? Or do you ask yourself: Are there ...
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A few mortgage tips to gain 'independence' from a lenderJul 17, 2016 11:00 pm - Biweekly and 15-year loans can save lots of cash, but so can voluntarily adding a mere $50 or so to each monthly payment. Q. Early this year, I took out a mortgage for $...
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Imrem: Garoppolo's audition might just be for Chicago BearsJul 17, 2016 5:01 pm - As NFL training camps approach, a rare reason to be interested this early has surfaced. "Jim-Mee! Jim-Mee! Jim-Mee!" Garoppolo, that is. Whassup, homey? Whassup is a Sun...
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Grammar Moses: Watt eye wood ent due four eh pullet surpriseJul 17, 2016 7:30 am - As the managing editor of a newspaper I receive solicitations daily from people who want to sell me (and I presume multitudes of managing editors) something. Oftentimes ...
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Congratulations, Theresa May. Now mind that 'glass cliff.'Jul 17, 2016 7:18 am - It's hard to imagine what Theresa May must be thinking right now. Just three weeks ago, she was a low-profile member of David Cameron's Cabinet, regarded as a profession...
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Constable: AIDS lessons help scientist tackle ZikaJul 17, 2016 7:16 am - YouTube Now a professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, O'Connor, 39, was continuing a decadelong HIV research project in Br...
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Clinton and Trump are the oldest candidates ever. No one seems to care.Jul 17, 2016 7:15 am - In 2008, John McCain admitted he didn't use a computer, prompting negative ads by then-candidate Barack Obama saying he was “out of touch.” In 1992, a 45-year-old Bill C...
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When the director is a friend, and a drinkerJul 17, 2016 7:11 am - Q: I serve on the board of a charitable organization run by volunteers except for one paid, part-time director. For some time, I've been aware that the director, a close...
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Illinois out of the limelight for GOP convention speakersJul 17, 2016 7:03 am - Most Illinois delegates headed to the Republican National Convention arrive in Cleveland on Sunday for evening welcome concerts and a week of fanfare leading to Donald T...
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Owner loves his turbocharged BugJul 17, 2016 7:00 am - Last weekend, AMS Performance marked 15 years in business. To celebrate, the West Chicago shop threw a massive open house. Hundreds of show cars turned up, many boasting...