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Manufacturer's window repair trustworthyFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. We built our house in 1989 using Andersen casement windows. Within a few years, almost all of them developed a problem in which the two panes of glass touched in ...
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Can't beat season filled with buzzer-beatersFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Lou Gehrig beat me to the "I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth" by about 70 years. But that's just what I feel like this winter. I guess I'll jus...
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Take the birthday party on the road to RockfordFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - With three children, I've suffered birthday party nightmares more than a few times. There was the year my daughter's May celebration was diverted indoors due to rain, wh...
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Mold will need further evaluationFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. We purchased our first home about two months ago, and we hired a home inspector to check it out. But two months after moving in we discovered black mold in the ba...
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New varieties help gardens get realFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - Gardens have issues that catalogs don't. For example, you might have extensive shade to plant or maybe neighborhood deer think your garden is a smorgasbord. Great Garden...
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With Naperville's Parker, suburbs make history againFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - According to the Tennessee women's basketball media guide, Candace Parker is majoring in sports management with a minor in psychology. I wonder if she also likes history...
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Naperville Reads book changes how you thinkFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - Wow. I'm only about halfway through (page 137), but I'm having a hard time deciding whether I want to keep reading or start writing about what I'm reading. But wait. Wha...
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Does Mom get a side of bacon with her new heart valve?Feb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - There's a farmer joke about a pig with a wooden leg. When a traveling salesman asks how the pig lost his leg, the farmer launches into a series of heroic tales about how...
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We all pay a high price for watching Bears QBsFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - Well, this explains the increase in Bears ticket prices. The Bears need cash to pay quarterback Rex Grossman. The ticket e-mail sounded coldbloodedly matter-of-fact when...
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No gray area here: Sampson a cheaterFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - Found a great Web site the other day: www.kelvinsampson.com. It has everything you want to know about the two-time national coach of the year. For example, here's the fi...