All Stories from February 26, 2012 (Change date)
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Take a look at DuPage’s finest photographyFeb 26, 2012 5:00 am - Each week’s DuPage County Neighbor section includes at least one entry in our Photo Finish photography contest. Our photography staff picks some of their favorite submis...
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Do you know how to care for your pet in an emergency?Feb 26, 2012 5:00 am - I was watching “Judge Judy” the other day and the case was about a person hitting a family's dog with his car. The TV show got me thinking. How many of us are prepared t...
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Scariest time in history? C’mon, NewtFeb 26, 2012 5:00 am - In the GOP debates, the candidates agreed that this is the scariest time in our history from a national security perspective. Really? Pearl Harbor, burning of the White ...
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Bravo, on fighting pension shiftFeb 26, 2012 5:00 am - Kudos to state Sen. Kirk Dillard for fighting to block the Chicago Democrats from shoving the state’s pension funding problems onto homeowners. Dillard rightfully bristl...
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Smart grid FOIAs not a waste of moneyFeb 26, 2012 5:00 am - In a recent Daily Herald article Naperville Councilman Grant Wehrli says, “At this point it’s just harassment and borderline abuse of the FOIA system.” Also, “Councilman...
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Pressure builds for civilian drone flights at homeFeb 26, 2012 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — Heads up: Drones are going mainstream. Civilian cousins of the unmanned military aircraft that have tracked and killed terrorists in the Middle East and Asi...
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Field exhibit reveals many sides of Genghis KhanFeb 26, 2012 5:00 am - His warriors catapulted diseased animals over the ramparts of walled cities. He would pile up heads as a warning to besieged citizens. He ordered the slaying of his reli...
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St. Patrick’s eighth-graders present Academic FairFeb 26, 2012 5:00 am - Submitted by Rachel Priebe On Feb. 15, St Patrick’s eighth-grade students participated in an Academic Fair. A total of 57 participants presented individual visual displa...
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Credits roll for L.A.'s old silent film locationsFeb 26, 2012 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES — From around 1910 to the late 1920s, the silent film industry dominated Los Angeles. The movies were filmed everywhere, from Hollywood to bustling downtown ...
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Red Carpet often reveals stars’ relationship statusFeb 26, 2012 5:00 am - They can hide in their gated Malibu compounds and behind the VIP-room velvet ropes. They can armor up with steely publicists and bluff the world with crafty faux-mances....