All Stories from September 7, 2012 (Change date)
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Just who gets credit for my success?Sep 07, 2012 5:00 am - President Obama indicated that if I’m successful, the government that built the roads that I used to get to work is responsible for my success. However, didn’t the gasol...
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Sanitary district has broad, diverse missionSep 07, 2012 5:00 am - Recent articles about the North Shore Sanitary District’s (NSSD) annexation procedures and how residents pay for the district’s services painted an incomplete picture of...
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Forward? Not this raceSep 07, 2012 5:00 am - In backgrounding reporters in advance of the Democratic convention, organizers reportedly stressed that the tone in Charlotte would be much more optimistic than that in ...
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Charter school a good thing for ElginSep 07, 2012 5:00 am - As a member of the Elgin Charter School Initiative, I want to provide a few facts about charter schools. Charter schools are public schools. They are open to any student...
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Today's homes have 'great' rooms for entertainingSep 07, 2012 5:00 am - The mahogany table is dressed for dinner with a linen tablecloth and china for 12. Through a narrow doorway, the living room awaits nearby, adorned with fine furnishings...
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Constitution backs marriage equalitySep 07, 2012 5:00 am - If Chick-fil-A wants to open a restaurant somewhere, it has every right to do so. If I am invited to go there for dinner, as a supporter of marriage equality, I have eve...
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Health care law a great help to womenSep 07, 2012 5:00 am - Effective Aug. 1, under President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, the following is a list of benefits available now without any co-pays or deductibles on the part of the pa...
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Feds expected to require lenders to offer ‘no-fee’ mortgages soonSep 07, 2012 5:00 am - Buyers and refinancers could save thousands of dollars in cash closing costs, but would have to pay a higher interest rate, under a new federal plan that is likely to ta...
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TimeLine's '33 Variations' hits all the right notesSep 07, 2012 5:00 am - A Steinway & Sons grand piano occupies a place of honor in TimeLine Theatre's Chicago-area premiere of "33 Variations," Moise's Kaufman's eloquent play-with-music examin...
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Ambivalent in CharlotteSep 07, 2012 5:00 am - CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Back in 2008 on Super Tuesday, Barack Obama boasted to a crowd of supporters: “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.” Four years later, thousands of...