All Stories from August 15, 2012 (Change date)
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School lunch reimagined: Chefs dream up makeovers for school lunchesAug 15, 2012 5:20 am - Everyone has a school lunch horror story, the mystery meat “steaks,” the limp, white bread sandwiches, the dangers lurking in any dish with “surprise” in the title. But...
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Dold’s survey of seniors slantedAug 15, 2012 5:00 am - I recently received a rather patronizing “seniors issues” survey from Congressman Robert Dold. One of the three questions asked if medical decisions should be made betwe...
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Where does Reid get his information?Aug 15, 2012 5:00 am - One of the most powerful Democrats in the U.S. sends out baseless allegations at Mitt Romney accusing him of tax avoidance for 10 years. Then he admits he has no evidenc...
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Seeing inconsistency in use of IDsAug 15, 2012 5:00 am - The Aug. 6 Herald carried the article on changes coming to Social Security and federal benefits to recipients that says almost 7 million recipients must switch to a form...
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Walsh shows little respect to veteransAug 15, 2012 5:00 am - Dan Vincent agrees with Joe Walsh’s criticism of Tammy Duckworth’s mentioning her military service (Fence Post, July 21). Yet, Mr. Vincent managed to boast of his own mi...
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Letter on Medicare reflects scare tacticsAug 15, 2012 5:00 am - In response to Elke M. Trescott (“Know what will happen to Medicare,” July 17), she erroneously stated that Medicare premiums will increase 100 percent by 2014 under the...
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Romney-Ryan: Real changeAug 15, 2012 5:00 am - Last Thursday’s Wall Street Journal editorial “Why Not Paul Ryan?” made the case for his selection as the Republican vice presidential nominee in this statement: “Romney...
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Cooking challenge contestants warming upAug 17, 2012 7:33 am - What a busy couple of weeks it's been, and I don't expect things to slow down soon. I have selected the eight former Cooks of the Week and the eight challengers for our ...
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We have the right to defend ourselvesAug 15, 2012 5:00 am - It seems that Martin Zell, in his rebuttal to Don Bekeleski’s letter supporting concealed carry, has completely missed the point of Bekeleski’s letter. Marty, I have to ...
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Dawn Patrol: Child porn charges for McHenry deputy; Libertyville DUIAug 15, 2012 12:47 pm - Child porn charges added against McHenry Co. deputy A McHenry County sheriff's deputy who was charged in January with sexually assaulting a young boy is now accused...