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Reel life: There was much rejoicing for 40 years of 'Holy Grail'Jun 10, 2016 5:00 am - • I've never heard of a “Sing-Along Quote-Along” movie celebration before, but the After Hours Film Society will throw one for the 40th anniversary of the cult comedy “M...
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Beware of agents who'll 'buy' your listingJun 10, 2016 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - It's one of those hush-hush practices that homeowners rarely hear about but real estate agents know only too well: It's called "buying the listing." What it...
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Tax rules on refinanced loan can be trickyJun 10, 2016 3:00 am - The tax rules for deducting upfront points on a refinance loan aren't as generous as they are for monthly mortgage-interest payments. Q. We purchased our home three year...
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Teater comes charging to take lead at Rust-OleumJun 10, 2016 1:01 am - Josh Teater was a PGA Tour member from 2010 until 2014, then things changed, After making 144 PGA starts and posting 11 Top-10 finishes, his play dropped off and he coul...
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Westmont firm's auction program aids nonprofitsJun 10, 2016 1:00 am - Consider it a Gesture of good faith. While attending a charity fundraiser in 2011, Jim Alvarez saw room for improvement in the process of the silent auction being held d...
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The #NeverTrump party's desperate scenariosJun 10, 2016 1:00 am - The #NeverTrump conservatives who hope to recruit a third-party candidate to challenge Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have so far had no luck. A number of potential ca...
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Illinois government is trench warfare, not leadershipJun 09, 2016 11:00 pm - After 18 years in the legislature, I announced that I would not seek re-election to the Illinois House of Representatives, instead deciding to run for chairman of the Mc...
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Batavia Flag Day: Bring out the red, white and blueJun 09, 2016 1:00 pm - Bring out the red, white and blue
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Lester: Nun tells Maryville youths, 'We won't leave you behind'Jun 09, 2016 5:13 am - In her decades of work with abused and neglected children, Sister Cathy Ryan has come to know how much suffering and tumult have taken place in children's lives before t...
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Constable: Ali in boxing, Kareem in NBA. But baseball's greatest Muslim player is ...Jun 09, 2016 5:00 am - Hailed as the greatest boxer, greatest athlete and one of the greatest Americans of the last century, Muhammad Ali most certainly holds the title of our nation's greates...