Columns
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Molly Brown haunting Denver homeOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - With Halloween nigh, it's time for my annual column on haunted houses, eerie places and other things that we mere mortals cannot easily explain. We'll look at the home o...
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Paintings a reminder of Depression strugglesOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - When I saw the picture of the Vail-Davis building illustrating Eileen Daday's story about the calendar of Arlington Heights landmarks sponsored by the Peoples' Bank in t...
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Winning at blackjack isn't always what you think it isOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - A while back, I was hired to do a four-session blackjack seminar for about 15 people. I knew that, as usual, my first hurdle would be to cure all the players/students of...
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Mundelein business helps one-on-one networkingOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - A new Mundelein business is designed to make business networking easier. When participating in networking events, it's often tough to get up in front of people to talk a...
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Family, friends not giving up on missing Stevenson studentOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - BARABOO, Wis. -- The passionate army of family and friends who have come together to try to find missing Stevenson High School student Lee S. Cutler finished another exh...
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Pizza place gets warm welcome from the localsOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - If you've been missing Augie's Pizza since it closed in March, you'll find that the replacement is just as good. Artistic Cuisine is now open in that spot, 16 S. Bothwel...
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The lovesick moose comes courtingOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - I was recently reminded to share this tale with you after a friend told me he was going to give me a sizable chunk of moose meat for my freezer. The late Officer Connor ...
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Sometimes, news and rumors of news carry equal pressureOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - In the end, readers will judge for themselves both the truth of what authorities say and the merits of what they don't. In an ideal world, rumors would never figure into...
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5K returns to honor slain Meadows graduateOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - It's been about six years since Shannon McNamara was murdered in her apartment near Eastern Illinois University. And while Shannon's name doesn't appear often in the ne...
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Foreign currency CDs are availableOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. With the euro so high, is it still a worthwhile investment to buy euros? If not, any other recommended currencies as part of a retirement portfolio's international bo...