All Stories from August 13, 2011 (Change date)
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As Iowa poll nears, doubts about Pawlenty growAug 13, 2011 6:00 am - SIOUX CENTER, Iowa — On Monday, the campaign bus rolled to a stop in an Iowa parking lot. Earlier that day, recorded phone messages had been left with supporters in Siou...
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Small-town barber recalled as pioneerAug 13, 2011 6:00 am - ALTAMONT, Ill. — By Jingo! That’s what Charles Everett Ellis might have said about a recent visit of several descendants to his old hometown of Altamont. Ellis, who used...
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Poverty tour hits Obama’s policiesAug 13, 2011 6:00 am - Kyshandra Jackson was in the laundry room drying a load of clothes when the debate over President Obama’s efforts on behalf of black Americans arrived at her West Side a...
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Mane Event means Arlington Heights is in the party zoneAug 13, 2011 5:45 am - Once the white picket fences go up around intersections in downtown Arlington Heights, local residents know it's time to party. On Friday, they took to the streets for t...
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5 myths about the DowAug 13, 2011 5:45 am - Down 600 points one day, up 400 points the next, down another 500 points a day later, then up another 400 points the day after that — yes, the Dow Jones industrial avera...
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Veterans lacking what teachers haveAug 13, 2011 4:00 am - Ken Kitzing’s July 23 letter to the editor, “No comparison of teachers, veterans,” missed a very important point. Veterans also do not have a well-entrenched labor union...
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Nation has been corrupted by poor leadershipAug 13, 2011 4:00 am - I hope someday to be proud to be an American again. We as a nation proved to the world that we are not racist by making Obama president, now let’s prove that we are not ...
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Why would you want more government?Aug 13, 2011 4:00 am - Most reasonable people on the left and right of center would agree the government is broken. So the only question worth asking is why some people want more of it? Marti...
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Thanks for kindness to a strangerAug 13, 2011 4:00 am - I come to the Northwest suburbs one to two weeks a month on business. I have to use two canes to walk. I have been surprised and pleased at the way total strangers treat...
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Corrupt state culture lives without BlagoAug 13, 2011 4:00 am - It appears that the long, sorry saga of Rod Blagojevich is finally sputtering to a conclusion. All that remains is his sentencing that will send him off to play cards wi...