All Stories from January 9, 2013 (Change date)
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Time is now for change in gun lawsJan 09, 2013 4:00 am - The Daily Herald stated, “It is hard politics that trumps the grief of the moment.” Let’s say it like it is. It is the susceptibility of politicians to bribery from NRA ...
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Bring gun laws into modern timesJan 09, 2013 4:00 am - I support the Second Amendment, I like guns. I was a good shot in the military and still am. But when the Second Amendment was drafted in 1791, the firearm in use was a ...
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The tarring of Chuck HagelJan 09, 2013 4:00 am - Before they were girls, they were women. Before that, they were girls. I am not talking here of the chronology of females but of acceptable usage. Back in the 1970s, for...
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Lake County needs outpatient careJan 09, 2013 4:00 am - I am in opposition of opening another hospital in Lake County. The Affordable Care Act is pushing more and more health care services to the outpatient setting, taking a...
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Dawn Patrol: Pension talk do-over; jury has robber’s escape caseJan 09, 2013 4:00 am - Pension talks reset with new lawmakers Lawmakers in Springfield officially ended the term Tuesday without advancing the conversation on pension reform. Lawmakers el...
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Paranoia fuels conservativesJan 09, 2013 4:00 am - A recent letter to the Fence Post warned of the scheme to enable President Obama to win a third term. In that letter the author unknowingly revealed three destructive ch...
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AIG board weighs suing U.S. over bailoutJan 09, 2013 4:00 am - NEW YORK — AIG is considering Wednesday whether the company should join a lawsuit against the government that spent $182 billion to save it from collapse. American Inte...
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NRA leaders still living in the 1940sJan 09, 2013 4:00 am - Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the NRA, failed to understand he is not speaking to NRA acolytes whose hands all shoot into the air when he pulls the lever a...
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Who needs any guns at all for protection?Jan 09, 2013 4:00 am - If gun-free zones are working so well across the nation, I petition we strip all armed guards from banks, armored cars, courthouses, state houses, federal buildings, Con...
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Lake County forest district considers bond issueJan 09, 2013 4:00 am - The Lake County Forest Preserve District plans to issue nearly $25 million in bonds to buy land and improve facilities as part of a large funding package approved by vot...