All Stories from August 1, 2012 (Change date)
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Busted: Mr. Pfeiffer and the White House BlogAug 01, 2012 5:00 am - Shortly after 9/11, President George W. Bush received from Prime Minister Tony Blair a bust of Winston Churchill as an expression of British-American solidarity. Bush ga...
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Editorial: In brutal summer, recommit to water safetyAug 01, 2012 5:00 am - It’s becoming almost routine this summer to hear about tragedies on Chicago-area waterways, and the death of a 10-year-old Libertyville boy near Lake Villa last weekend ...
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The right’s blind eye on government spendingAug 01, 2012 5:00 am - My boyhood friend Jack became a doctor -- and a conservative. He had gone to public schools, attended college with the help of a government scholarship, went to medical ...
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Why all the lawsuits over accidents?Aug 01, 2012 5:00 am - Isn’t this all what we expected? There is always someone or some company that is responsible for any accident. When I saw there were victims in the Glenview train derail...
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Dawn Patrol: Police say boy hurt car surfing; assault weapons ban?Aug 01, 2012 5:00 am - Pingree Grove boy hospitalized after ‘car surfing’ accident A 13-year-old Pingree Grove boy was in critical condition yesterday after a “car surfing” accident Monda...
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Writer’s arguments not convincingAug 01, 2012 5:00 am - On July 7, the Daily Herald published a letter by Jim Finnegan, who opposes gay marriage. Here’s what’s wrong with it: First, he explains that the issue at hand is a per...
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Update on suburban athletes in OlympicsAug 01, 2012 5:00 am - Today Ÿ Olympian Sarah Zelenka from Itasca finished just shy of claiming a medal in England this morning. Zelenka, and her partner Sara Henderson, finished fourth i...
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Riverside Plaza one big failureAug 01, 2012 4:40 am - Algonquin’s Riverside Plaza development was doomed to fail from the start, if you ask me. Our village planners took the busiest intersection in all of McHenry County and...
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Vote for tougher gun lawsAug 01, 2012 4:40 am - What does it take to change our weak gun laws in America? What does it take to start an end to senseless killings of innocent Americans by the hands of deranged semiauto...
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Real terrorism can be found hereAug 01, 2012 4:33 am - Real terrorism can be found here While we have spent billions and depleted this nation’s coffers to fight global terrorism, the real massacres we have endured over ...