All Stories from June 15, 2012 (Change date)
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Goodman's 'Family' marries timely issue with laughsJun 15, 2012 6:00 am - The timing of Paul Oakley Stovall's play “Immediate Family” couldn't have been better, premiering just weeks after both President Barack Obama and the civil rights organ...
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Patti Smith's influence is wide-rangingJun 15, 2012 6:00 am - NEW YORK - The success of Patti Smith's memoir "Just Kids," about her friendship with Robert Mapplethorpe, sealed her reputation as a wide-ranging artist and writer at t...
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Here are some tips to ease the pain of wallpaper removalJun 15, 2012 5:38 am - How can something as classy and elegant as wallpaper bring out the angry truck driver in the most genteel of us? It’s because it’s a pain in the you-know-what to remove ...
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What to doo when builder ignores your complaintsJun 15, 2012 5:38 am - Q. We bought our home six years ago when it was new. Since then, it has settled and is cracked in many places. We notified the builders. They filed an insurance claim an...
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Dist. 15 releases teachers' two-tiered salary schedulesJun 15, 2012 5:30 am - New teachers contract has two schedules
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Barrington Hills horse-boarding debate heats upJun 15, 2012 5:30 am - According to a resident opposed to commercial horse boarding in Barrington Hills, an ordinance being considered by the village's zoning board Monday goes a long way towa...
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Foundation encourages water safety in son's memoryJun 15, 2012 5:30 am - Zach Cohn loved to swim. He adored the color blue, and the pool was one of his favorite places to be, which made his death — drowning after being caught in a drain in hi...
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Deficit spending must be controlledJun 15, 2012 5:30 am - Spending in Washington is out of control The U.S. national debt is close to $16 trillion. Our national government continues to fail to do what any normal household does:...
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Immigration makes strange bedfellowsJun 15, 2012 5:30 am - Republican Joe Walsh, while fielding questions on illegal immigration, committed the unpardonable sin of stating that Democrats are eying the possible votes of illegal i...
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Bin Laden may have the last laughJun 15, 2012 5:30 am - As I watch President Bush with his wife, Laura, on the evening news unveiling their portraits with President Obama and Michelle Obama, I think to myself: “We had it all....