All Stories from January 13, 2013 (Change date)
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Tips for running with your canine companionJan 15, 2013 9:06 am - By Ellaine Kiriluk The Buddy Beat More and more people are running for exercise. My sister runs three miles a day. My niece and her husband are training for a 26K marath...
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Des Plaines officers receive medal of valorJan 15, 2013 9:06 am - The Des Plaines city council this week awarded medals of valor to city police officers Michael Kelly and Michael Oppegard for their courageous actions during a drug bust...
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Quad Cities gets in the spirit with micobreweries, distilleryJan 16, 2013 6:27 am - “This is Iowa. We grow corn,” says Ryan Burchett of Mississippi River Distilling Co. That was the argument he used to persuade the state to change its laws governing ha...
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New winter sports to experience on snowy terrainJan 13, 2013 4:05 am - STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. — After nearly 50 years of living in the Rocky Mountains, I thought I knew how to enjoy the winter. I’ve gone skiing, skating, snowshoeing, snow...
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Abortion also is a tragedyJan 13, 2013 4:00 am - Are guns the real problem? In the ten minutes it took a mass murderer to leave his car, break into a school full of children and kill 20 of them, in those ten minutes, o...
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Editorial: Let’s work together on school pension issueJan 13, 2013 4:00 am - Last week, a video surfaced showing Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, making inflammatory — and inaccurate — comments about “the gazillionaires” duri...
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Three projects that will take your staircase up a notchJan 15, 2013 12:13 pm - Just because staircases are functional and constantly getting stepped on doesn't mean they don't deserve a little interior design respect, too. These three projects prov...
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Lenders sometimes seek deficiencies after a short saleJan 13, 2013 4:00 am - Q. I am selling my house on a short sale. My bank is telling me they will agree to the short sale but I will still be responsible for any money still owed the bank after...
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Asking for the impossible?Jan 13, 2013 4:00 am - All were shocked and horrified at the massacre of schoolchildren in Connecticut. There are things which can be done to mitigate future events of this sort. However, vili...
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Meet the new boss, same as the old bossJan 13, 2013 4:00 am - The newly sworn-in members of the Illinois legislature (with the exception of those facing criminal charges) are the taxpayers’ next best hope for integrity in governmen...