Columns
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Bears lack that key ingredient: talentOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Tommie Harris says the Bears haven't been hungry nough, and Lovie Smith says they lacked heart last week against the Vikings. How about this? How about that being more e...
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See Big Sur's beauty through a unique 'window'Oct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Jess Ellis Knubis must have been reading my mind when he went into the recording studio. I don't know this multitalented musician, but it turns out his tunes are the per...
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Alarming rise of protectionism in GOP White House raceOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - There is a lot of debate on the right side of the aisle over which GOP presidential candidates are real Republicans and which ones are pretending. Much of it is about go...
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Making amends for a lost reservationOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. I'm having a problem getting a simple matter cleared up with Hotels.com. I booked a room at the Gamboa Rainforest Resort in Panama for two nights and received a c...
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Month to month tenant must give 30 days noticeOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. In 2003, I signed a one year lease to rent a small commercial space. Since then, the owner has bumped my rent every year about 3 percent but other than that, noth...
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The early bird gets the word on ski dealsOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - As I'm writing this in early October, the annual box elder bug invasion is under way on the west side of my home and I fantasize that a freak snowstorm would serve them ...
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It's beginning to look like ChristmasOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Generally you won't see anything about Christmas in this space at least until after Halloween. But we thought you'd want to know about Christmas at the Faire Friday, Sat...
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Help honor one soldier's ultimate sacrificeOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - If sad stories make you cry, get out your Kleenex for this one. It's about Army Capt. Drew Jensen, who was second in command for his company at West Point, where Jonatho...
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Utility easement only impacts future additionOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. There is a property that I want to buy, but I just learned that there is a gas easement in the backyard. I have four questions about this : What is a gas easement...
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Flooding poses questions about flooring optionsOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. We recently had a couple of inches of water in our basement, due to the record flooding in the Midwest (the first time in the 18 years we have lived in our house)...