All Stories from June 24, 2011 (Change date)
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High-tech, high-touch: Back to the futureJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - While fetching my digital camera from the repair shop, I noted a bunch of clunky old film cameras and their flashes lining a back table. I thought no one used film anymo...
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Unions created middle classJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - Union membership has never been more than 30 percent of the workforce. What that 30 percent did was establish the middle class by raising wages, creating a 40-hour workw...
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Don’t compare teachers to veteransJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - In response to a June 19 letter ‘Teachers in trenches, too’: I do not want to debate the pros/cons of the plight of today’s teachers. But to compare them to Vietnam vete...
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CLC biology professor wins awardJun 24, 2011 1:00 am - College of Lake County biology professor Robert Remedi has received the Illinois Community College Trustees’ Association’s 2011 Outstanding Full-Time Faculty Member Awar...
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Readers dish out their adviceJun 24, 2011 1:00 am - While I’m away, readers give the advice. On the mother who despised her daughter’s boyfriend for being blue-collar: The mom is a control freak. If she is in contr...
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Schaumburg’s Larson lands spot at final shuttle launchJun 24, 2011 1:00 am - Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson will be a witness to history early next month when he travels to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to watch the final space shuttle launch. ...
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Kane County wants health insurance concession before raisesJun 24, 2011 1:00 am - Kane County government employees hoping for raises this year might find themselves negotiating higher health insurance costs first. A group of 15 deputy clerks in the Ka...
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Win VIP tickets to casino openingJun 24, 2011 1:00 am - The deadline to enter a drawing for VIP tickets to the grand opening of the Rivers Casino in Des Plaines is July 4. One hundred lucky winners will get exclusive access t...
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South Elgin Scout earns Eagle rank with St. Charles troopJun 24, 2011 1:00 am - Boy Scout Troop 10 of St. Patrick Catholic Church awarded Neil Griffin of South Elgin his Eagle Scout Rank at an Eagle Court of Honor June 5 at the St. Charles church. N...
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Arlington Hts. chair-decorating contest set for Frontier DaysJun 24, 2011 1:00 am - Arlington Heights’ ever-popular “Decorate a Chair” competition will be July 3 during the village’s Frontier Days festival at Recreation Park. Individuals and groups want...