All Stories from July 3, 2013 (Change date)
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A poor choice for FBI directorJul 03, 2013 5:00 am - It was probably the most famous hospital visit since Bob Woodward snuck into the room of dying CIA Director William J. Casey in 1987. This time it was James Comey, a dep...
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Fire chief needs more accountabilityJul 03, 2013 5:00 am - I read with disgust the article regarding the Round Lake Area fire captain placed on unpaid leave. Anyone with any knowledge of the Round Lake Fire Department understan...
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Editorial: Remember the 19 heroes in ArizonaJul 03, 2013 5:00 am - The Fourth of July parades that will kick off throughout the suburbs tomorrow almost universally have one thing in common — they start or finish with a fire truck, and s...
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The tragic success of mass incarcerationJul 03, 2013 5:00 am - At a time of earnest debate on the size and role of government, relatively little attention has been paid to the Hoover Dam of American social engineering: mass incarcer...
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Perhaps problem is the voters themselvesJul 03, 2013 5:00 am - Perhaps the problem is voters themselves If someone asked me to write a short list of current and former Illinois governors and state legislators whom I admire for ...
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Politicians fearful of saying no?Jul 03, 2013 5:00 am - Many state politicians will simply not give up any of the money offered them by state worker unions — large donations for campaign expenses so that they do not have to u...
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We could do worse than QuinnJul 03, 2013 5:00 am - We could do worse than Quinn Nobody can say anything bad about the Blackhawks. The downtown celebration was great. I was not there but watching on television. In pa...
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'Let Me Explain' a comedy concert with HartJul 03, 2013 5:00 am - "Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain" repackages one of the comedian's sold-out stand-up sets at Madison Square Garden, so there's an understandable compulsion to want to dislike...
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Welcome to the dog days — hot dogs, of courseJul 03, 2013 5:00 am - Welcome to National Hot Dog Month, also known as July. This Fourth of July weekend we Americans are expected to eat 150 million hot dogs — a good chunk of the 7 billion ...
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Only three years left on empty promisesJul 03, 2013 4:40 am - Only three years left on empty promises A great letter written by Marc Thomson of Elk Grove Village published in the May 11 paper. My family and friends have been d...