Opinion Stories from September 20, 2011 (Change date)
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Citigroup unit announces tender offer resultsSep 20, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — The brokerage and securities arm of Citigroup Inc. on Wednesday announced results of a cash tender offer to purchase 33,000 preferred shares on terms set fort...
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U.S. stock futures flat ahead of Fed announcementSep 20, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Stock futures are roughly flat as traders wait to see whether the Federal Reserve will take steps to stimulate the economy. Concerns that Greece could fail to...
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Solyndra scandal merits coverageSep 20, 2011 5:00 am - I’m surprised the Sept. 16 issue of the Daily Herald had no mention of the investigation by the House of Representatives and the Treasury Department into a $535 million ...
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Hultgren spewing bunk on job creatorsSep 20, 2011 5:00 am - On Aug, 18 at a town-hall meeting, I asked Rep. Randy Hultgren to explain the evidence that the millionaires and billionaires in our country, the people who are the reci...
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County takes action while state debatesSep 20, 2011 5:00 am - Pension reform is a big topic in Springfield and reform comes slowly. So we’re always encouraged when we see local governments taking action to reduce long-term retireme...
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Acting ‘stupid’ can be underratedSep 20, 2011 5:00 am - Are Republicans stupid? This seems to be the question du jour. MSNBC’s Chris Matthews entertained this idea with guests recently, pointing to several Republican preside...
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Eagerly awaiting November, 2012Sep 20, 2011 5:00 am - How exciting. President Obama wants to add another half trillion dollars to the national debt, with his new jobs bill. The one designed to save his job. Also the one he ...
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Junk science and HPVSep 20, 2011 5:00 am - Score one for Rick Perry — and one against Michele Bachmann. In a recent Republican debate, Bachmann, plainly in search of some way to break Perry’s newfound hold on mor...
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Tariffs would limit pollutionSep 20, 2011 5:00 am - That Hultgren and the House Republicans have decided businesses must be allowed to pollute in order to “create” jobs simply proves that they are not competent to govern....
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Protect religious rights in schoolsSep 20, 2011 5:00 am - Christ on campus? It’s OK — really. Our public schools have largely ignored teaching one basic First Amendment right by failing to instruct students of their religious r...
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