All Stories from October 5, 2013 (Change date)
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Senate thinks it deserves betterOct 05, 2013 5:00 am - This week about 18,000 people — including members of Congress, all their aides, presidential appointees and even the president and vice president — stood to lose their e...
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Tea Party gang is trampling democracyOct 05, 2013 5:00 am - Well, the radical wing of the GOP got their wish, the federal government has shut down. House Speaker John Boehner, appearing as feckless as ever, allowed a small pack o...
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Fire risk heavy in the kitchenOct 05, 2013 5:00 am - It is once again time for Fire Prevention Week. From Oct. 6-12, Lake County fire departments are joining forces with the nonprofit National Fire Protection Association ...
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The SoapboxOct 06, 2013 6:28 pm - No storming the barricades: What a relief that a long-planned trip for Chicago-area veterans to visit the World War II memorial in Washington, D.C., could go on despite ...
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Abortion becoming the great dividerOct 05, 2013 5:00 am - The Declaration of Independence contains the words, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with...
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Global warming will harm Midwest, tooOct 05, 2013 5:00 am - I’ve enjoyed joining my three Arlington Heights grandchildren outdoors on the perfect days we’ve had lately. But I wonder if, in a future heat wave like the one that kil...
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No question as to who will fund ObamacareOct 05, 2013 5:00 am - Guess I am part of the extreme, radical part of the other party since I believe in a small fiscally sound and accountable government. Do not people understand that Obama...
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A new hope in the Middle EastOct 05, 2013 4:40 am - Three events make peace possible. The first is the passage of the House to fund the government for a short time and to defund the affordable health bill. This distortion...
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Obamacare the root of all these problemsOct 05, 2013 4:40 am - We all have to ask these politically naive questions: Why can’t the Congress pull in the same direction and why is there is now a shutdown of nonessential services? The ...
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The fall of the bathroom wallOct 05, 2013 1:00 am - PARIS — The joys of washing up in the same room where one sleeps used to be found only in urban garrets and budget hotel rooms, a solution born of limited real estate or...