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Word Game: Sept. 28, 2018

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TODAY’S WORD — ASININELY (ASININELY: AS-ih-nine-lee: Stupidly.) Average mark 30 words Time limit 45 minutes Can you find 40 or more words in ASININELY? The list will be published tomorrow. YESTERDAY’S WORD — DRAWBACKS dark drab draw rack aback award ward wrack back backward bard bark bask brad carb card cask crab craw sabra sack […]

Bridge: Sept. 28, 2018

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Tribune Content Agency “Using a lot of Latin phrases to sound smart is my modus operandi.” — graffiti Some players “talk a good game,” but their results don’t back them up. At today’s 3NT, South took the ace of clubs and led the A-K and a third spade, hoping for a 3-3 break. Instead, East […]

Will rent control kill California housing production? Not necessarily, data shows

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Demanding financial relief from rapidly rising rents in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Berkeley and Santa Monica passed the strongest rent control laws in the nation. California’s landmark tax law, Proposition 13, had just passed, rolling back property taxes for homeowners and ensuring they’d receive tax breaks. During the campaign, taxpayer advocates promised renters […]



Photos: Emotional scenes from the Ford-Kavanaugh hearings

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The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing focused on sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh drew a flurry reaction from both sides of the aisle Thursday. The day started with Christine Blasey Ford’s tearful testimony and ended with an angry denial from Kavanaugh. The images in the photo gallery show the intensity of the […]

Another #MeToo story plays out in the House

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A government employee told a House panel on Thursday that Mel Watt, the former North Carolina congressman who now heads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, sexually harassed her for years and prevented her from securing a raise when she rebuffed his advances.

House judiciary panel subpoenas Page, McCabe documents

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The House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena Thursday for former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe's memos as well as the supporting documents the FBI used in its application to conduct surveillance on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.

Can Tom Hanks out-nice Mr. Rogers?

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Sony releases first image of Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers in a yet-to-be-titled film scheduled for a 2019 release.





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