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Bizarre real estate laws affect homeowners, renters in every stateMay 20, 2016 2:00 am - Q. We want to replace the old, 3-foot-tall wood fence that separates our property from our neighbor's with an 8-foot-tall cement wall that would provide more privacy. Bu...
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Often no permit exists for converted garageMay 20, 2016 2:00 am - Q. The studio apartment I'm renting is a converted garage. Is there any way to know if this conversion meets code and was approved by the city? A. If the garage conversi...
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While Bill Clinton rolls, George W. Bush unable, unwilling to help GOPMay 20, 2016 1:00 am - Bill Clinton has had his problems lately, but there's no doubt the former president is the best booster the Democratic Party has had since leaving office in January 2001...
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Rozner: Chicago Cubs, Arrieta can wait on contractMay 20, 2016 1:00 am - The shock waves were felt throughout the game. As word got out that Stephen Strasburg was signing a long-term extension in Washington, thick chum was tossed about and th...
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Trails of history: Meet the volunteer with a passion for stagecoach linesMay 19, 2016 1:00 pm - In the late 1970s, an older gentleman in the newspaper office mentioned that, as a teen, he was involved in the last cattle drive out of Sycamore into St. Charles to her...
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Jackson: Finding comfort in a Wisconsin streamMay 19, 2016 10:05 am - AVALANCHE, Wis. - It was like sitting on one of those uncomfortable benches in the downtown area watching humanity walk by. I had to keep reseating myself kin order not ...
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Constable: Cubs' infield deserves poetic justiceMay 19, 2016 5:30 am - With our Chicago Cubs piling up wins at a pace not seen on the North Side since those glorious championship seasons of 1907 and 1908, comparisons come naturally. In 1908...
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Reel life: Every movie in film fest 'a bull's-eye'May 19, 2016 5:00 am - Elk Grove Village film critic Erik Childress had this wild and crazy idea back in 2013 to create a film festival operated by Chicago film critics who would also select a...
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Hillary's viral nightmareMay 19, 2016 1:00 am - You could say that it all depends on how you define “lie.” Or, perhaps, that it's hell to have a public record. Either way, Hillary Clinton's vast resume of, shall we sa...
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Two voter-registration actions that can improve government efficiencyMay 19, 2016 1:00 am - There is a presidential election in six months and though we've made tremendous strides in improving the accuracy of voter registration records in recent years, the Illi...