All Stories from June 27, 2011 (Change date)
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Obama, GOP: Looking for something to talk aboutJun 27, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and the congressional Republican leadership have publicly dug in their heels on critical debt talk negotiations. While they appear im...
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Pawlenty criticizes Obama, GOP on foreign policyJun 27, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty is calling on Republicans to resist "isolationist sentiments" he said would endanger U.S. interests around the ...
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Quinn signs workers' compensation reformJun 27, 2011 11:00 pm - MELROSE PARK — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn said companies should see their workers' compensation premiums drop because of a new law he signed Tuesday overhauling the system ...
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General named to head US Afghan force OKs drawdownJun 27, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The Marine general tapped to take over as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan told Congress on Tuesday that he supports President Barack Obama's decision ...
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Republicans are all about freedomJun 27, 2011 9:00 pm - Abraham Lincoln, a Republican president, freed the slaves. A Republican Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Republicans want Americans to “be all they can be.”...
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Articles unfairly imply guiltJun 27, 2011 9:00 pm - As a fan of Jack’s Pizzeria and Burgers in Waukegan and Grayslake, I was dismayed to read the articles about the recent arrest of one of the “owners” and allegations tha...
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Unions’ hand on teachers too heavyJun 27, 2011 9:00 pm - We all love teachers, but teachers unions, not so much. We’ve all heard how when an election comes up, some teachers unions will call all the teachers and tell them how ...
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U-46 stadium groundbreaking reason to celebrate at South Elign HighJun 27, 2011 6:00 pm - Submitted by U-46 In 2001 there was great excitement over the groundbreaking ceremony for the fifth Elgin Area School District U-46 high school which would later be name...
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Customize your ice creamJun 27, 2011 3:00 pm - I have a vivid memory of a neighborhood picnic some years back when the Flowers, a family a few doors down, busted out their old hand-churned ice cream maker. We kids on...
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Michael Jackson 'Thriller' jacket fetches $1.8MJun 27, 2011 11:00 am - Hundreds of Michael Jackson fans have marked the two-year anniversary of the singer's death by gathering for a memorial outside the Gary home where Jackson grew up. The ...