All Stories from August 22, 2011 (Change date)
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A first step on life’s journeyAug 22, 2011 4:00 am - I recently explored the distressing trend of higher education devolving into an ultraexpensive job-training program rather than giving students the opportunity to discov...
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Metra needs to clean up lots fasterAug 22, 2011 4:00 am - Dear Metra: I am writing to follow up again on the issues I had written about previously. To my great surprise and disappointment, after being off the train for a few we...
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We need a fresh start on CongressAug 22, 2011 4:00 am - When my computer stops working, I can reboot it and it works again. When my cell phone stops working, I can reboot it and it works again. When my TV stops working, I can...
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College should admit hostility to gaysAug 22, 2011 4:00 am - College should admit hostility to gays The Aug. 4 Daily Herald reports that Wheaton College has been ranked No. 1 by the Princeton Review as the most unfriendly uni...
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Next election holds little hopeAug 22, 2011 4:00 am - I suppose a lot of people watched the Republican clone “debate” on television. They all spoke the party line and argued among themselves about how much of the party line...
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What’s wrong with these bleeping people?Aug 22, 2011 4:00 am - Scene: An elevator in New York Presbyterian Hospital where several others and I were temporary hostages of a filthy-mouthed woman who was profanely berating her male com...
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Bloomingdale walk-to-run program hitting its strideAug 22, 2011 1:00 am - The Bloomingdale Park District’s inaugural walk-to-run program started this summer with a maximum enrollment of 30 people; however, that number quickly increased to 50 a...
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Monday’s girls golf scoreboardAug 22, 2011 1:00 am - Monday’s summaries * At Oak Club of Genoa, Par 36 Genoa-Kingston 224, Hampshire 247 Hampshire — C. Ellett 37, Potempa 57, Wunglueck 74, Sarullo 79. * Lake County invita...
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Hoffman couple competes on TLC’s ‘Four Weddings’Aug 22, 2011 1:00 am - James and Kathryn Gaughan of Hoffman Estates describe their April 30th wedding as perfect in every way. But on Friday, Aug. 26, it will be put to the test by an all-impo...
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Monday’s girls volleyball scoreboardAug 22, 2011 1:00 am - Monday’s summaries * MUNDELEIN D. WAUKEGAN 25-9, 25-8 Attacking — Mund: Wilcox 8-8 (6 kills), Perreault 7-7 (4 kills); Setting —Mund: Wilcox 12-12 (5 assists), Chin 19-2...