All Stories from December 11, 2012 (Change date)
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Round Lake Park police lead Shop with Cops programDec 11, 2012 4:30 am - Plenty of police officers and squad cars with flashing lights hit the Walmart in Round Lake Beach on Monday night, but it had nothing to do with crime. For the 17th cons...
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No second term for Winfield village presidentDec 11, 2012 4:30 am - Citing a difficulty working with four of Winfield’s six trustees, Village President Deborah Birutis says she won’t seek re-election in April. And she’s already endorsing...
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Lovie or leave it: Smith’s here to stayDec 11, 2012 4:30 am - Lovie Smith is difficult to bear even when the Bears are winning. When they’re losing, his gibberish becomes insufferable … impossible … intolerable. The Bears are losin...
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Bears’ playoff hopes may rest with RG3’s kneeDec 11, 2012 4:30 am - The walls have caved and the ceiling has fallen. And, still, the news is not all bad for the Bears. It’s mostly bad, but not all bad. They do, after all, get to face the...
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Catholics converge in Des Plaines for Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrationDec 11, 2012 4:30 am - As many as 100,000 Catholic pilgrims are expected to converge on Des Plaines today for the annual Our Lady of Guadalupe celebration, the largest gathering of its kind in...
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Elk Grove grad an opera superstar? Go FigaroDec 11, 2012 4:30 am - Opera soprano Ailyn Perez (pronounced I-lean) remembers the pivotal moment in second grade that music — and a teacher named Mr. Jacobs — rocked her world at Salt Creek E...
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More bike paths for Elgin’s safety, healthDec 11, 2012 4:00 am - Elgin is not as bike-friendly as a cyclist would like for it to be. More bike lanes need to be added for safely commuting throughout the city, to help attract more visit...
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Neither side is right in ‘cliff’ debateDec 11, 2012 4:00 am - I find it appalling that Washington is playing this game of cat and mouse with the looming “fiscal cliff.” They ran our country into the ground and it is their job to pu...
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Obama’s tax ideas harmful to us allDec 11, 2012 4:00 am - Just a few weeks ago, President Obama said he would listen to any Republican tax proposal to avoid the fiscal cliff and was willing to compromise. Republicans in the int...
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The double-down presidentDec 11, 2012 4:00 am - Americans are justified in feeling numbed by the car alarm of Washington politics. Every now and then we get a reprieve from the noise. Something breaks through: a sex ...