All Stories from October 4, 2012 (Change date)
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Moral bankruptcy is costing our stateOct 04, 2012 5:00 am - Moral turpitude counts, and Illinois government has failed the test again. Most people are not aware that Illinois just lost a $1.4 billion construction project to build...
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In politics, hate can backfireOct 04, 2012 5:00 am - Republicans were supposed to have an easy time of it in North Dakota’s U.S. Senate race. The multi-term Democrat, Kent Conrad, wasn’t running for re-election, and this r...
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Role of women evolves during 50 years of James Bond filmsOct 04, 2012 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES — When Ursula Andress emerged from the sea, curves glistening, with a dagger strapped to her bikini in 1962's “Dr. No,” she made the Bond girl an instant ico...
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Presidential race is all but overOct 04, 2012 5:00 am - No one will probably ever read this letter as the editors want to continue the suspense of this “too close to call” presidential race. The truth of the matter is it’s ov...
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Echoing JFK’s enduring admonitionOct 04, 2012 4:40 am - More than 50 years ago, Democrat John F. Kennedy challenged Americans to “ask not what your country can do for you ...” to the thunderous applause of a proud, self-relia...
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How do you define self-destructive?Oct 04, 2012 4:37 am - How do you define self-destructive? I sure would like to know where Mr. Lanlan Hoo gets his “economic history.” Back in the late 1970s, we were in a deep recession ...
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Candidate research involves the BibleOct 04, 2012 4:37 am - Candidate research involves the Bible The candidates are neatly packaged. The issues are complex. And the rhetoric is thick. Short of playing “eenie, meenie, miney,...
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Move over Mom: Don’t mess with my candy corn; try pumpkin spice cupcakes insteadOct 04, 2012 4:02 am - Candy corn seems to be the food of the season. For more than 100 years people have been eating candy corn, and while it used to be available only around Halloween, now y...
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Pumpkin Spice Surprise CupcakesOct 04, 2012 4:02 am - 1 box (15.25 ounces) vanilla cake mix 3 eggs 1 cup water ½ cup vegetable oil 24 pumpkin spice Kisses 1 container (16 ounces) cream cheese frosting 1¼ teaspoons pumpkin p...
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Football: Week 7 previews, NorthwestOct 04, 2012 1:56 am - MID-SUBURBAN WEST Palatine (5-1, 2-0) at Conant (5-1, 2-0) When: 7 p.m. today at Charles O. Feutz Field Last week: Palatine d. Fremd 24-17; Conant d. Hoffman 4...