All Stories from June 30, 2012 (Change date)
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Listing of the week is a retro ranchJun 30, 2012 5:48 am - This truly unique ranch home located on a half acre in unincorporated Palatine hearkens back to the time of hippies, Vietnam protests and artists like Peter Max. New ide...
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Quality still a main motivator for KLMJun 30, 2012 5:21 am - Kim Meier and his team at KLM Builders in Spring Grove do it all. They develop land and build subdivisions. They design and build custom homes on individual lots through...
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How a Canadian TV detective became a political hero in SerbiaJun 30, 2012 5:15 am - Rob Stewart was a famous actor for 16 years before he realized it. He was an unemployed writer/director $6,000 in debt when he started going on auditions in his late 20s...
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On feeding children too much, too littleJun 30, 2012 5:00 am - Somehow I lost my appetite for breakfast this morning as I read, “Many suburban kids go hungry in summer.” Few of us will forget their own youthful countdown when warm w...
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Immigration ruling was just politicsJun 30, 2012 5:00 am - Recently, President Obama issued a memorandum to the Department of Homeland Security which would allow approximately 800,000 children who were brought to this nation by ...
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Blame those who harbor insurgentsJun 30, 2012 5:00 am - While reading in newspapers about the killing of innocents in Afghanistan when the soldiers were in pursuit of insurgents, I realized there is a correlation between gang...
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Soaking tubs making bathing a Zen experienceJun 30, 2012 5:00 am - Some of us are shower people, and some are bathers. But there's a way to be both, as the Japanese discovered centuries ago when they developed the 'ofuro,' or soaking tu...
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Heterosexual unions better for childrenJun 30, 2012 5:00 am - Two plus two makes four, not three, not five — no matter how one might feel about it. If one accepts the validity of mathematics, truth is easy to accept. The Founding F...
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Bishops’ stance only subjugates womenJun 30, 2012 5:00 am - The U.S. Catholic bishops’ fight with President Obama has nothing to do with religious freedom and everything to do with politics and the maintenance of patriarchy — the...
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The SoapboxJun 30, 2012 5:00 am - Good call: Kudos to Rob Sherman for calling attention to a move by the Buffalo Grove village board to almost double water rates. On the agenda, the item was listed as a ...