All Stories from January 12, 2013 (Change date)
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Right to carry key to stopping violenceJan 12, 2013 4:00 am - Does anyone in America realize there is a war going on in Chicago? This year over 500 people have been killed. The mayor blames it on the illegal guns and gangs; I say t...
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Why bathroom traps, vents should be up to codeJan 12, 2013 4:00 am - Q. Last week my home was inspected for the buyer. When my agent gave me the buyer’s request for repairs, one thing took me by surprise. I have lived in this home for mor...
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Pension plan an undue burden on taxpayersJan 12, 2013 4:00 am - Let’s see if I understand this: I was a teacher for 27 years — 25 in the public school system. I mandatorily paid into the state retirement pension system the required a...
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Why our house’s Christmas lights are on so longJan 12, 2013 4:00 am - If you saw me, you’d say I have no ability to postpone a milkshake or a good chateaubriand. All of us have something we’re weak for and yet other pleasures we can say no...
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Another murder tool could’ve been usedJan 12, 2013 4:00 am - It is important that we as a society not be misled by the tools used by the psychopathic murderer who slaughtered those 26 souls in a Connecticut school. His use of a no...
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Leaders must step up on gun controlJan 12, 2013 4:00 am - Once again, after the tragedy in Colorado, we experience another murderous rampage in this country where 20 children, as of this writing, were ostensibly slaughtered thr...
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Hospital idea spurns WaukeganJan 12, 2013 4:00 am - Vista Healthcare should not be pursuing building a new hospital in the western part of Lake County when there remain so many health care needs unmet in the Waukegan area...
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Applaud Congressmen who opposed compromiseJan 12, 2013 4:00 am - The Daily Herald’s criticisms of Representatives Hultgren, Roskam, and Walsh for voting against the compromise on the fiscal cliff was misguided and just plain wrong. Y...
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The new shining star of the kitchen is high-gloss cabinetryJan 12, 2013 4:00 am - After shunning them for years in favor of wood and wood veneer, homeowners have fallen in love again with laminate kitchen cabinets — not the kind that look like wood, b...
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The SoapboxJan 12, 2013 4:00 am - Salute to nerdy pursuits: Stevenson High School graduate Rachel Cliburn was doing research at Baylor University when she looked at a scientific journal and thought, “It’...