All Stories from June 30, 2011 (Change date)
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Obama gets it from all sidesJun 30, 2011 3:00 am - It was another day of Obama bashing in the Capitol. “I’m profoundly disappointed,” one lawmaker said at a news conference last week. “A disappointment to say the least,”...
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Fewer lawmakers should get stipendsJun 30, 2011 3:00 am - Back in 1989, Gov. Jim Thompson signed a law giving more money to most state lawmakers in the form of stipends, skirting a rule against midterm legislative salary increa...
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Don’t make kids grow up so fastJun 30, 2011 3:00 am - Regarding your article on June 26: Little girls between ages of 3 and 13 being given manicures/pedicures, hair styling, with falls, learning how to put make up on by a c...
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We’re fat and lazy; time for a revolutionJun 30, 2011 3:00 am - Just a little warning from Thomas Jefferson: “The U.S. can never be destroyed from without, but it can from within.” We are already the most decadent country in history....
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Glen Ellyn's Cardboard Regatta sets sailJun 30, 2011 1:00 am - More than a decade ago, Jim Craig of Glen Ellyn was taking leisurely stroll through Lake Ellyn Park with his wife when the pair came across quite a spectacle. It was the...
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Theater season starts at Morton ArboretumJun 30, 2011 1:00 am - There typically isn’t much threat of poison ivy at the theater. Tennis shoes aren’t necessary. The sun’s location, mosquito-filled overgrowth, the temperature — those ...
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St. Francis de Sales honors volunteers in Lake ZurichJun 30, 2011 1:00 am - At St. Francis de Sales Catholic Parish in Lake Zurich, volunteers are integral to the growth and success of many ministries and programs. Three of these volunteers were...
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Plaza dedication marks milestone for Glen Ellyn History ParkJun 30, 2011 1:00 am - By Susan Dibble sdibble@dailyherald.com For well more than a decade, Douglas Ward and his wife, Ruthann, worked to make the Glen Ellyn History Park a reality. They will ...
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Caterpillar to add 200 jobs to GeorgiaJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - Caterpillar Inc. is investing $120 million in its Spalding County facility and expects to create at least 200 more jobs in Georgia. The Peoria, Ill.-based company is upg...
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Tracy Morgan's latest jokes offend the disabledJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — Tracy Morgan had just finished apologizing for his anti-gay jokes, and now the comedian is in hot water again. In his standup act in New York last weekend, Mo...