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Wrong gift signals need for more insightSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. How do you tell your boyfriend he got you the "wrong" gift? I guess the real problem is, I don't think he knows me well enough. It's not that I don't appreciate it, I...
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GOP's risk in opposing expanded child health careSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - The spectacle Tuesday of 151 House Republicans voting in lock step with the White House against expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) was on...
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Retirement savings give you margin for errorSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. My husband and I would like your opinion on our current financial picture. We both turned 50 this year. We have a 17-year-old son who will graduate high school in May...
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How the Internet will change libraries is at the front of my mindSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - One could make the case that libraries as we know them are an endangered species. Ordinary people are saying, "In the age of the Internet, when everyone has a computer,...
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Let's hope Rocky Wirtz fights for what's rightSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - For the last few weeks, as word spread through hockey circles that Blackhawks owner Bill Wirtz was quite ill, those in the organization who have silently wished for chan...
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'Big Shots' has swagger, but little else to recommend itSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Type-A males get failing grades in 'Big Shots' Dylan McDermott, Christopher Titus, Michael Vartan and Joshua Malina are alpha-dog males acting like mutts on "Big Shots."...
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Sadly, Wirtz never did correct error of his waysSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - This could have been the obituary's opening paragraph. "Bill Wirtz, the grinch who stole big-time hockey in Chicago, died Wednesday at age 77." This might be his endurin...
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Bears' personnel changes shouldn't end with QBSep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Replacing Rex Grossman with Brian Griese should be just the beginning of a shake-up on a Bears team that badly needs a kick start -- or a kick in the rear -- to get goin...
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Cooking with classSep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - If anyone can light a culinary fire under the residents of Sun City, Huntley, it is 61-year-old Paulette Rusk. Brimming with energy and zeal, Paulette signed ...
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Stores with 'Super' in name a good bet for low pricesSep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - As I've mentioned in recent weeks, grocery prices are rising. To stay ahead of the savings game, smart shoppers may want to consider some nontraditional grocery-shopping...