All Stories from February 25, 2012 (Change date)
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Salary bumps for educators must stopFeb 25, 2012 5:00 am - Before a recent Illinois pension law targeting pay spiking went into effect, many school districts awarded upward of 20 percent salary increases in each of the final yea...
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Give immigrants a military optionFeb 25, 2012 5:00 am - Most people would think that the DREAM Act is a program to help Americans achieve a certain goal, but that is far from the truth. The DREAM Act is to help people who bro...
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Planned Parenthood deserves U.S. investigationFeb 25, 2012 5:00 am - For years, Planned Parenthood, a woman’s nonprofit health care provider, with 840 health centers in America, has enjoyed an exalted status partly because of a simpatico ...
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Telemarketers more honest than politiciansFeb 25, 2012 5:00 am - I see our federal representatives are once again attempting to rein an industry I find annoying: telemarketing. That’s good! Unfortunately, once again they have carved t...
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Wealthy Democrats have own agendaFeb 25, 2012 5:00 am - Increase taxes on the wealthy? This idea will not pass because if the Democrats had wanted to do this they could have when they had the majority in the House and Senate....
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Quinn is letting down IllinoisFeb 25, 2012 5:00 am - Gov. Quinn has been in a slide to the bottom as the worst governor in the country ever since taking office. Now after his delusional (we’re “turning the situation around...
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Entryway floors make a grand entranceFeb 25, 2012 5:00 am - As the season of snow boots and slush continues throughout much of the country, entryway floors will take a beating. The spot where we enter our homes — and welcome gues...
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Super PACs are not the problemFeb 25, 2012 5:00 am - The amount of coverage given to Super PACs by the media is becoming more disturbing. The fact is, they do not buy one person’s vote. The real problem they are exposing i...
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Gates center puts focus on philanthropyFeb 25, 2012 5:00 am - SEATTLE — People are already joking it's a good thing the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation isn't charging admission for its new visitor center, which showcases Bill Gates...
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Temple Chai hosting bone marrow driveFeb 25, 2012 4:30 am - Inspired by a young member of the congregation, Temple Chai in Long Grove is hosting a bone marrow registry drive on Sunday and asking residents to sign up for the list....