All Stories from June 19, 2013 (Change date)
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Timing is everything for presidentJun 19, 2013 5:00 am - The national media has dropped the ball when it comes to covering our government’s actions/inactions over the past several years. I can’t help but wonder whether Preside...
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Some room for compromise between pension plansJun 19, 2013 5:00 am - The stalemate in Springfield between competing philosophies and positions on needed pension reform in the Senate and the House is simply not acceptable. Everyone needs t...
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After 56 years, Lincolnshire finally has its grocery storeJun 19, 2013 5:01 pm - After years of waiting, Lincolnshire-area residents finally got the chance Wednesday morning to shop in a hometown grocery store. Fresh Market, the first grocery store i...
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Origin theories must pass scientific methodJun 19, 2013 5:00 am - The debate over whether science teachers or school districts should include alternatives to the theory of evolution as an exercise of academic freedom is misguided. Teac...
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Master of the muddle on Middle EastJun 19, 2013 5:00 am - I have written so many columns about the Syrian civil war they are like rings on a tree stump — a way of gauging Barack Obama’s steadfast inaction and what the cost has ...
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U-46 grade policy will cheat childrenJun 19, 2013 5:00 am - The recent proposed changes to the U-46 school grading system should make parents and teachers shudder. As proposed, 50 percent of the work, attendance and effort is a p...
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Immigrants fear being forced out of Glen Ellyn homesJun 19, 2013 7:07 pm - Wani Suliman has lived in his Glen Ellyn apartment since the day he arrived in the United States: June 17, 2004. That was after fleeing his war-torn home country of Sud...
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Des Plaines company transformed into Blackhawks shrineJun 20, 2013 9:28 am - Des Plaines roofing company turns vandalism into chance to worship team
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Naper Nights concerts salute 'History of Rock'Jun 24, 2013 6:28 am - Naper Settlement is turning back time with its second annual Naper Nights Community Concert Series, launching this weekend to take listeners through the “History of Rock...
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Why $25,000 in food on Batavia school charge cards?Jun 20, 2013 9:42 pm - It wasn't the more than $1 million in purchases that caught Carl Dinwiddie's eye, but rather the nearly $25,000 in food costs tucked among all the spending. After reques...