All Stories from August 5, 2011 (Change date)
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Roskam more interested in making Obama look badAug 05, 2011 11:00 pm - Dear Congressman Roskam, I stand with the president in asking you to support a balanced approach to deficit reduction, one that includes spending cuts and revenue increa...
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Don’t mess with Social SecurityAug 05, 2011 11:00 pm - The Republican representatives who ran for office last November saying that jobs were going to be their first priority have not brought up one jobs bill to be voted on. ...
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Voters have only themselves to blameAug 05, 2011 11:00 pm - When asked in 1960 at the University of Hawaii whether Kenya was ready for self-government, our president’s father, Barack Obama, Sr., answered, “If the people cannot ru...
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Home repair: Buried tree stumps give reader sinking feelingAug 05, 2011 11:00 pm - Q. We have been reading your column for years and hope you can provide some guidance. We moved into our house in 1983. The houses in this neighborhood were built amo...
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Lake County Chamber names new executive directorAug 05, 2011 11:00 pm - The board of directors of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce has announced the appointment of Shaunese Teamer as its new executive director. Teamer, who officially joi...
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Images: Behind the scenes at Mickey Finn's Brewery in LibertyvilleAug 05, 2011 3:00 pm - ...
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Serkis go-to guy for performance-captureAug 05, 2011 2:00 pm - SAN DIEGO — When the filmmakers behind “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” settled on virtual simians rather than people in monkey suits for their lower primates, their fir...
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Schwarzenegger inches back after child disclosureAug 05, 2011 11:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Arnold Schwarzenegger is making a comeback. The former California governor on Thursday made his first speech in the state since confirming in May that he f...
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Fresh fig sorbetAug 05, 2011 11:00 am - If you've been a reader of this column or our Kitchen Scoop blog, you know I adore figs. My grandmother had a row of tree-sized fig bushes in her backyard, and my brothe...
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Here’s one vote for citizen of the yearAug 05, 2011 3:00 am - Now here’s a nominee for our village’s “Citizen of the Year.” On July 28 at 1:30 a.m., some of the streets of Carol Stream looked like a war zone. Some have claimed a to...