All Stories from January 31, 2013 (Change date)
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Mom 86s fear of our family's fatal birthday curseFeb 01, 2013 3:03 pm - My sisters, Sally and Nancy, and I assured Mom that our family has no deadly 86th-birthday curse. Mom, an intelligent, well-read, modern woman, knows the idea of a curse...
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Legally blind, Palatine teen's vision for life is clearFeb 01, 2013 7:18 am - Alex Taikwel won't become a traditional medical doctor, but every weekend you'll find him volunteering in a hospital. Reading his short stories in front of a packed audi...
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Duckworth visits benefit for wounded militaryFeb 01, 2013 4:40 pm - U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth knows full well what it's like to wake up in a military hospital almost naked, vulnerable, and without possessions to claim. That's why, she sa...
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Lake County candidate knocked off three ballotsJan 31, 2013 1:33 pm - Officials say he can run for only one office
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Stallone's brainless action film a real 'Bullet to the Head'Feb 02, 2013 8:03 am - Walter Hill's "Bullet to the Head" takes its title so seriously that practically everyone who dies in this movie - and that's a fair chunk of New Orleans' population - w...
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Plant-based diets benefit Earth, peopleJan 31, 2013 4:00 am - A recent appearance by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel reiterated the health benefits of a plant-based diet. Numerous studies have confirmed that people who consume fewer ani...
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Real challenge is with the mentally unstableJan 31, 2013 4:00 am - I suppose that it is good to have gun laws — to make sure that owners are responsible and properly registered, prevent high-capacity “assault” weapons from being availab...
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Dawn Patrol: Missing heroin in Schaumburg? Charges in stabbingJan 31, 2013 5:40 pm - State police investigating whether drugs missing from Schaumburg PD Illinois State Police are investigating whether heroin linked to a teenager’s fatal drug overdos...
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Teach kids they have to live with their decisionsJan 31, 2013 4:00 am - Columnist Ruben Navarrette’s commentary on balance in parenting reminded me of an impactful book from my parenting days. It was a “how-to” of balance. My own youth invol...
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On torture, a debate we needJan 31, 2013 4:00 am - In retrospect, a better title for the terrific film “Zero Dark Thirty” would have been “Rorschach.” Like the famous ink blots developed by Swiss psychoanalyst Hermann Ro...