All Stories from August 7, 2012 (Change date)
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First lady bluesAug 07, 2012 5:00 am - Not surprisingly, Barbara Bush said it most succinctly: “The first lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.” And how. One needn’t prod Michelle Obama fo...
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Dawn Patrol: Vigils for slain Sikhs; Romney comes to townAug 07, 2012 5:00 am - Sikhs, non-Sikhs unite at suburban vigils Interfaith prayer services and candlelight vigils took place at both the Sikh Religious Society in Palatine and the Illino...
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Not everyone is a fan of the OlympicsAug 07, 2012 5:00 am - The reader poll on July 262 had all the obvious answers to the question: “What Olympic sport are you most looking forward to?” Swimming, gymnastics, track and field, soc...
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Coolidge knows about financesAug 07, 2012 5:00 am - Leslie Coolidge is a Democrat running for Congress in the new 6th District. I am very impressed with her views especially on raising the debt ceiling. Leslie Coolidge to...
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Editorial: A road map to transparencyAug 07, 2012 5:00 am - When Lombard Village Trustee Peter Breen was elected in April 2011, he made transparency in village government a priority. It’s no wonder then that Lombard now is a mode...
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Some solutions would create new problemsAug 07, 2012 5:00 am - I wanted to respond to Mr. Bill Hartman of Barrington, who proposed in a July 17 letter after reading adjacent headlines about rising ocean levels in California and drou...
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Health care law looks like winnerAug 07, 2012 4:40 am - The Republican Party is pushing hard on the idea of repealing the health care law or as they call it, “Obamacare.” Indeed this proposal is designed to generate enthusias...
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Gun control argument flawedAug 07, 2012 4:40 am - Mike Fanella tells us that, “ ... What these gun advocates simply do not understand is that when a loaded handgun is carried onto a public street or into a public park o...
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Efforts of many made storm cleanup successAug 07, 2012 4:24 am - Efforts of many made storm cleanup success On July 1, Milton Township again suffered through a major microburst with winds around 117 miles per hour. The Milton Tow...
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Editorial cartoons expose biasAug 07, 2012 4:24 am - Editorial cartoons expose bias The cartoons in the Saturday, July 28 paper I would score as three against those meanie Republicans and one neutral. Other times it m...