Columns
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Austen's powersSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - I can't guarantee that manly men won't lose some testosterone while watching "The Jane Austen Book Club." But those fearless enough to venture into this smart and engagi...
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Certain house markets still risingSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Despite all the "doom and gloom" stories published by the nation's biggest media outlets, recent studies show that home prices in many areas are still rising fast. Q. It...
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Insulated steel good choice for garage doorSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. My old steel garage door is getting vertical cracks. I need to replace it with an insulated one because I am restoring a car out there. The door must have windows. Wh...
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I'll gladly sit in traffic while they fix the potholesSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - It was a treat to be totally stuck in traffic Thursday. Really. And it was all thanks to reader Don Fraas of West Dundee. OK, make that Don and a few high-powered public...
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Quilters' trip to knot their friendship with French Sister CitySep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - When a 14-person delegation from Mount Prospect visits Sevres, France, next month, they will be carrying with them almost as many quilts as suitcases. If this seems like...
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Test of time for Grant footballSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - I took a pop culture trivia quiz online this week about the year 1986. I aced it -- not that that actually says much. I mean, I was in high school in 1986 and always tri...
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Home for the holidaysSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Two years ago, the college football pulse around these parts was as strong as ever. Notre Dame had reawakened behind first-year coach Charlie Weis and quarterback Brady ...
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Concert PicksSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Martin Sexton with Ryan Montbleau, 7:30 p.m. today at the Vic, 3145 N. Sheffield Ave., Chicago. $26. (773) 472-0449. Although he frequently performs in one-man band...
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Performer for the agesSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Luciano Pavarotti was a giant of music in much more than a literal sense, and when I learned of his death Sept. 6 while traveling through New England, memories of his pe...
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Middle-schoolers savor trip to leadership conference in WashingtonSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Washington, D.C., is a long way from home, and 12 is a young age to be traveling without family for a week. But two young leaders in Rolling Meadows were able to brush a...