All Stories from January 11, 2013 (Change date)
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Easy ways to store your holiday decorJan 11, 2013 4:47 am - Well, the holidays are mostly behind us and it’s time to pack it all away for another year. Why is it that it seems to take up more space each time you pack it up? Here ...
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Having no gas service prevents proper home inspectionJan 11, 2013 4:21 am - Q. We sold our house several months ago, and the lady who bought it hired a home inspector. The gas service was turned off at the time of the inspection because the hous...
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NHL's condensed regular season not a bad thing at allJan 11, 2013 4:00 am - Not so bad: I'm not a fan of extended strikes or lockouts, but I do like one immediate aftereffect: condensed regular seasons. Last year's shortened NBA season...
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Walsh’s message needs to be heardJan 11, 2013 4:00 am - More than 120 people listened to former congressman Joe Walsh in Arlington Heights recently. The Herald resisted bashing Joe Walsh and reported the story. Too bad the He...
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Will Hostess execs suffer like workers?Jan 11, 2013 4:00 am - In the Dec. 29 Fence Post is a letter from Gregg Bettcher about the closing of Hostess products. He is blaming their union in part for not persuading employees to take y...
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A rallying cry to tame spendingJan 11, 2013 4:00 am - “Even victors are by victories undone.” -- John Dryden Democrats not allergic to arithmetic must know the cost of their “fiscal cliff” victory. When they flinched from...
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Hot enough for you?Jan 11, 2013 4:00 am - All right, now can we talk about climate change? After a year when the lower 48 states suffered the warmest temperatures, and the second-craziest weather, since record-k...
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Editorial: Doing the right thing, no matter the costJan 11, 2013 4:00 am - When was the last time you did something that you knew would hurt your bottom line but did so anyway because it was the right thing to do? People do charitable things al...
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Elgin deputy chief a finalist for chief in town of Trayvon Martin shootingJan 11, 2013 4:00 am - Town where Trayvon Martin was killed seeks new chief
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Schakowsky’s statement was misleadingJan 11, 2013 4:00 am - In your recent front-page article, “Why congressmen voted no,” you quoted Jan Schakowsky as saying “the Bush tax cuts were always viewed as a short-term tax break, and t...