All Stories from June 15, 2013 (Change date)
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Surviving and thriving in summer campJun 15, 2013 5:30 am - Summer camp brings back so many fond memories. The days of my youth were filled with swimming on hot, lazy days, playing softball with new found fellow camp friends, and...
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Inflation in food prices often hiddenJun 15, 2013 5:00 am - Inflation has been diabolically sneaking up on us through the food chain. Check the net content weights on your food labels; you may be in for many nasty surprises. A ye...
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Medical marijuana is about quality of lifeJun 15, 2013 5:00 am - In regard to your recent “Taking Sides” column on the battle over medical marijuana, I have been in severe pain since 1994 after an accident, with fibromyalgia, gout and...
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Let’s ban the phrase ‘women and children’Jun 15, 2013 5:00 am - “The American soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians, many of them women and children ...” — Daily Herald, June 6. Why “women and children”? Why not “men and chi...
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Address controversy over tallest buildingJun 15, 2013 5:00 am - “Recently on ‘60 Minutes’ and then later on NBC’s Nightly News, Scott Pelly and Brian Williams announced to their watching audiences that 1 WTC was now ‘ ... the tallest...
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DVD previews: ‘Stoker’Jun 15, 2013 4:50 am - Coming June 18 “Stoker” (R, 92 minutes, 20th Century Fox): With Park Chan-wook’s first English language film, the Korean director of the 2003 cult hit “Oldboy” makes the...
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Lifeguards required when young children allowed unsupervisedJun 15, 2013 4:46 am - Q. Our association has a swimming pool. Under what circumstances do we have to have a lifeguard? A. The Illinois Swimming Pool and Bathing Beach Act regulates swimming p...
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How about no pensions for pols?Jun 15, 2013 4:40 am - How about no pensions for pols? I have an idea. Rather than pushing for term limits for elected offices (which seems to be no nearer today than ever), why not a law...
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Editorial cartoon spews hate messageJun 15, 2013 4:40 am - Editorial cartoon spews hate message Normally I don’t comment on political cartoons as many are the fantasies of those out of touch with reality. However, the carto...
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Older couple with debt should talk to housing counselorJun 15, 2013 4:30 am - Q. We moved out of our home because we could not afford to pay our two home equity loans and the upkeep of the house. We moved to a one-bedroom apartment. The bank has b...