All Stories from July 29, 2012 (Change date)
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Romney -- not innocents -- abroadJul 29, 2012 5:00 am - A generation ago, it was the three I’s. A presidential challenger’s obligatory foreign trip meant Ireland, Italy and Israel. Mitt Romney’s itinerary is slightly differen...
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Choose to use more positive wordsJul 29, 2012 5:00 am - The use of the term “anti-abortion” has a negative connotation, compared to the terms pro-adoption and pro-life. Your paper uses the pro-choice title for pro-abortion gr...
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President making all the wrong decisionsJul 29, 2012 5:00 am - The climate change argument was thought to be put to rest until now. Hillary Clinton has promised $2 billion to the United Nations as a down payment on $100 billion for ...
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Walsh’s best isn’t good enoughJul 29, 2012 5:00 am - I wanted to say a special thank-you to Congressman Joe Walsh, who has been getting some bad press lately. Thank you, Joe, for doing your best to make sure that millions ...
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Zillow: Home industry’s worst days are overJul 29, 2012 4:47 am - SEATTLE — U.S. home values have risen four consecutive months, Zillow.com said, a trend that led the housing website to declare that the market has turned the corner fro...
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Relay For Life almost hits goalJul 29, 2012 4:40 am - On behalf of the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Kane County committee, I would like to say “Wow!” Thanks to your support, Relay For Life of Kane County had 75...
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Claustrophobic driver wants to avoid power windows, locksJul 29, 2012 4:14 am - Q. In the next year or two I will be in the market for a new car. This is going to be a challenge because I want roll down windows. Also I don’t want the doors to automa...
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Letter to McConnaughayJul 29, 2012 4:00 am - Open letter to Kane County Board Chairman Karen McConnaughay: I can see firsthand that any citizen in the county that would dare at this critical economic juncture to qu...
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Communication is key in sticky relationshipsJul 29, 2012 1:33 am - Q. My mother has recently decided she wants to move in with my family. My husband and I are not so happy about this decision. We have expressed our feelings to her about...
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Some fallen trees are too beautiful to discardJul 29, 2012 1:00 am - On a rain-drenched day in early 2008, a large elm tree tumbled over, destroying a house in Sacramento, Calif. Before long, Clark Kayler was on the scene, eager to give t...