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Alternative scoring system gains ground on FICOJun 17, 2016 1:00 am - A growing number of lenders are considering a prospective borrower's "VantageScore" when reviewing an application for a mortgage, auto loan or new credit card. Q. We rec...
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The great college coddlingJun 17, 2016 1:00 am - By Gene Lyons It's been 20 years since I started hearing alarming tales from a friend who supervised a day care for hospital employees' children. She said that for the f...
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'De Palma' an insightful doc into a master filmmakerJun 16, 2016 5:15 am - The documentary "De Palma" runs a respectable 107 minutes, but I suspect if co-directors Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow had doubled the time, they could easily have fill...
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Constable: Cubs fan not shaving half his face until World Series winJun 16, 2016 5:00 am - At 74 years old, lifelong Cubs fan Don Miller Sr. is all in. His beard, however, remains just half in, thanks to Miller's pledge not to shave both sides of his face unti...
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Slusher: The role of eloquence in nudging the worldJun 16, 2016 1:00 am - One gropes, one claws, one prays for eloquence. For some of us, words are all we know, our only tool for taking the measure of an often beautiful, often miserable world....
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There he goes againJun 16, 2016 1:00 am - From Shanghai to Paris to Moscow, the world has been watching to see how the U.S. election is affected by the latest terrorist bloodbath on our soil, this time in the sh...
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Motorcycle auction shows diversity exists in the two-wheeled worldJun 15, 2016 11:00 pm - Hear the words “motorcycle auction” and you may conjure up images of big, burly, two-wheeled brutes rumbling down the block. Many such machines could be found at last we...
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Imrem: What have playoffs said about Chicago's winter teams?Jun 15, 2016 5:01 pm - Resignation prevailed for a long time. This was Chicago. It was springtime. Winter never would end. Rusty icicles dangled from sand wedges in late March. Baseball games ...
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Mike Jackson: Don't overlook Great Lakes carpJun 15, 2016 10:05 am - There are a lot of heavily muscled freshwater fish swimming in our lakes and rivers. You have the mighty sturgeon, a prehistoric remnant that when brought to the market ...
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A marinade is best way to elicit flavor, tenderize and create a tasty crustJun 15, 2016 6:00 am - To marinate, or not marinate that is the question! What is the best way to add flavor to meat? Brining, a rub or marinade, all impart flavor, but in different ways. Whi...