All Stories from February 5, 2012 (Change date)
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Some blacks insist: ‘I’m not African-American’Feb 05, 2012 6:45 am - The labels used to describe Americans of African descent mark the movement of a people from the slave house to the White House. Today, many are resisting this progressio...
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Neighbors oppose possible group home in quiet Palatine neighborhoodFeb 05, 2012 6:45 am - Tucked away from two major traffic corridors is a quiet Palatine neighborhood with a park, a pond and a Sikh temple surrounded by relatively new, luxury houses. Neighbor...
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Illinois Medicaid official sees ‘crisis’Feb 05, 2012 6:45 am - Given the state’s financial predicament, lawmakers will need to consider every possible strategy for cutting the state’s Medicaid budget this year, Illinois Department o...
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Fox Valley Repertory puts on excellent showsFeb 05, 2012 6:45 am - A reader informed me she had been trying to find out why Oscar front-runner “The Artist” was not playing at theaters in the Tri-Cities. Charlestowne Mall officials told ...
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Waukegan black man grew up believing he was whiteFeb 05, 2012 6:45 am - Simmering racial tensions between blacks and whites in the suburbs sometimes boiled over during the 1970s. But Michael Fosberg says he always considered himself a white ...
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Safeguards for aging investorsFeb 05, 2012 6:22 am - Like everyone else who’s jumped the fence into “later middle age,” I have senior moments. Words and names flow to the tip of my tongue and stop. I can’t add and subtract...
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Efforts to revive middle class clash with trends, economist saysFeb 05, 2012 6:22 am - President Obama calls it “the defining issue of our time”: forging a fairer economy by reversing years of widening income inequality and building a strong middle class. ...
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Book sheds light on kitchen culture in prisonFeb 05, 2012 6:22 am - GATESVILLE, Texas — These women may not have an oven, refrigerator, stove, knife, or even the ability to boil water, but they do have plenty of time on their hands. Deca...
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Banker bets the family farm on winemakingFeb 05, 2012 6:00 am - JOHANNESBURG — Banker Michael Jordaan is off duty and about to enjoy the fruits of his second job: wine farming. Jordaan, 43, head of FirstRand Ltd.’s retail banking uni...
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China’s state TV expanding, but fetters remainFeb 05, 2012 6:00 am - BEIJING — The killing of a South Korean coast guard officer by a Chinese fisherman should have been tailor-made for China’s CCTV News as it embarks on an ambitious plan ...