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Sellers often think of open houses as opportunity time. They expose a listing to buyers who might not otherwise see it.

Source: Open-house strategies that work

A high-ranking staffer for Gov. Pat Quinn moves over to the Illinois tollway.

Source: Quinn insider tapped for tollway job

As the foreclosure crisis continues to wreak havoc on the housing market, a source of national pride has taken a sour turn. Home ownership is on the decline and, according to a recent Morgan Stanley report, the United States is fast becoming a nation of renters.

Source: Home ownership hits lowest level since 1965

No more Mr. Nice Guy: Starting Aug. 7, the Hoffman Estates Police Department will end the warning tickets and start issuing real tickets to drivers who run red lights at Barrington and Higgins roads.

Source: Hoffman Estates to start ticketing at Barrington/Higgins

Companies seek out pockets of opportunity in lagging market

The familiar sights and sounds of homebuilding are getting easier to spot, if you know where to look.

Source: Homebuilders pick their spots in search for buyers

Lake County Fielders boss Richard Ehrenreich says he may be “within days” of folding the team if Zion doesn’t commit to finishing a permanent stadium. Zion officials say they want $185,000 in back rent.

Source: Lake County Fielders threaten folding ‘within days’

A man already serving time for murder is expected to be charged Tuesday with the 1976 slaying of Wheaton resident Darlene Stack. Michael W. Whitney, 58, appeared in DuPage County bond court on charges of first-degree murder. He is accused of stabbing Stack 35 times while in her basement in August 1976.

Source: Convicted killer charged with 1976 Wheaton murder

Former suburban Senator Peter Fitzgerald, who now runs a bank in McLean, Va., says the U.S. could be headed toward a similar path as Ireland or Greece if Congress doesn’t step up its act.

Source: Fitzgerald: U.S. could face European-style ‘catastrophe’

Heads up for rookies who join George Stell’s window installation crew: If he sends you to the truck for an aluminum stretcher, don’t go.

Source: Expert window installer makes clear difference

Former WFLD-Ch. 32 news anchor David Novarro has sold his 15-room, 4,224-square-foot house in Naperville for $578,000 — $20,000 less than he paid for it more than a decade ago.

Source: TV anchor sells Naperville home