All Stories from May 17, 2013 (Change date)
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Use of fossil fuels hurts the poor mostMay 17, 2013 5:00 am - This is in response to Gerald Aleksy’s May 9 letter criticizing a protester of the Keystone XL pipeline. Mr. Aleksy begins by claiming, “Many qualified scientists dismis...
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Lombard leans toward 25% development on Ken-Loch landMay 17, 2013 5:00 am - Lombard trustees are one step away from clarifying their land use policy for the Ken-Loch Golf Links, indicating they would be open to allowing some type of development ...
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Long-awaited trial in Lindenhurst slaying starts MondayMay 17, 2013 5:00 am - The family of a woman murdered seven years ago in a Lindenhurst Burger King will finally see their daughter's accused killer stand trial. Jury selection in the 2006 mur...
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Mueller named honorary marshal for Lilac ParadeMay 17, 2013 5:00 am - The Lilac Parade committee had an easy time choosing this year’s grand marshal, as one name stood out in the minds of everyone making the decision. Bill Mueller. The lat...
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Accountability, sacrifice neededMay 17, 2013 5:00 am - First off, we as taxpayers of the state of Illinois demand that the leaders of the Illinois legislature who blatantly violated the Illinois Constitution by borrowing fro...
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Pension plus paycheck is gallingMay 17, 2013 5:00 am - While not widespread, one particularly galling aspect of Illinois pensions is the ability of individuals to retire from one government job, collect pension benefits and ...
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Taxpayers haven’t been treated ‘brutally’May 17, 2013 5:00 am - A few comments in the Daily Herald’s May 8 editorial (“A start, but more needed on pensions”) left me incredulous, speechless and angry! Saying that “the net effect of t...
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Not such strange bedfellowsMay 17, 2013 5:00 am - Breaking news: Conservative organizations suddenly have found common cause with one of their favorite objects of contempt — the benighted Mainstream Media. Or as the Tea...
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Dawn Patrol: Cookie jar lottery jackpot; dump Dist. 25 gifted program?May 17, 2013 5:00 am - Cookie jar yields jackpot for Geneva man A Geneva man who says he had a mountain of bills and was facing eviction is now a multimillionaire thanks to a lottery tick...
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System has too many inconsistenciesMay 17, 2013 5:00 am - I believe reporters in general are not asking all of the right questions. First, why are some groups of people such as teachers and police allowed to opt out of the Soci...