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New mortgage lending rules bring mixed resultsMay 27, 2016 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - Eight months into the most comprehensive and challenging set of rule changes affecting homebuyers and sellers in more than four decades, how's it all going?...
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Financial risks can remain long after divorcing homeowners split upMay 27, 2016 3:00 am - Q. I am getting a divorce. I am planning to move out and sign a quitclaim deed that gives my half-interest in the home to her, as she wants to stay in the house and begi...
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Two kinds of electrical safetyMay 27, 2016 3:00 am - Q. I've seen ground fault outlets (GFCI's) in bathrooms and garages for many years, but now I'm hearing about arc fault breakers (AFCI's) for bedroom outlets, and I'm wo...
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Is it true what Democrats say about Republicans and voting?May 27, 2016 1:00 am - As New York Republicans went to the polls for their primary April 19, some opponents of Donald Trump clung to the hope that Ted Cruz, or perhaps John Kasich, might deny ...
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Volo firm gets the call to partner with global manufacturerMay 27, 2016 1:00 am - A good partner can do a lot for your business. Think Lennon and McCartney. Toews and Kane. Ben and Jerry. It's that kind of synchronicity that Volo-based VoIP Defender ...
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Families find adventures at Morton Arboretum Children's GardenMay 26, 2016 8:00 am - New giant watering mister adds to family adventures at arboretum's Children's Garden
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How Northwest Highway came into beingMay 26, 2016 6:00 am - I am so old that I remember the man who thought up Northwest Highway. When we moved into our house on Dunton, Al Volz lived on our corner. He was famous for being almos...
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Reel life: Catlow marks anniversary with local filmsMay 26, 2016 5:45 am - Film critics notebook: • Barrington's historic Catlow Theater celebrates its 89th anniversary this weekend by hosting free showings of three movies made by local fi...
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Constable: Watching Cubs with ghosts of pastMay 26, 2016 5:30 am - I make it a goal to watch all three Cubs vs. Cardinals games on television with no distractions. My son is studying for finals. My wife takes the laptop upstairs to do w...
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Elgin activist says lynching mural could open good dialogueMay 26, 2016 5:22 am - Lifelong Elgin resident Ernie Broadnax remembers being a small, scared child when the Ku Klux Klan marched up Dundee Avenue past his dad's cobbler shop in the 1940s. He ...