All Stories from August 19, 2013 (Change date)
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Are marathoners running into heart trouble?Aug 19, 2013 5:22 am - Bill Wenmark has run 104 marathons and personally taught more than 4,000 first-time marathoners. He isn’t about to be scared away from either endeavor. But Wenmark, foun...
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Survey shows drivers ignore stopped school busesAug 19, 2013 5:15 am - On Wednesday, seven buses will line up in front of Whittier School in Wheaton waiting to give both seasoned fifth-graders and awe-struck first-graders a ride home after ...
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Consider debt in financial outlookAug 19, 2013 5:00 am - Your article on suburbs’ reserves was a very shortsighted view of a government’s finances. A focus on current reserves is similar to focusing only on the $10,000 in your...
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Don’t omit religion in women’s rightsAug 19, 2013 5:00 am - This is in response to several articles that question the religious “take” on women’s rights. But what is the real problem here? Abortion: A human life in the womb is k...
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Religion should not obstruct gay marriageAug 19, 2013 5:00 am - The Herald has printed a rash of letters recently from members of the Christian faith denouncing gay marriage in Illinois. In almost every letter, the Christian Bible is...
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GOP needs immigration reformAug 19, 2013 5:00 am - Sen. Lindsay Graham, Sen. John McCain and others are warning Republicans that they need to get behind a total immigration reform bill if they expect to capture any of th...
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Don't vilify Dempster for plunking A-RodAug 19, 2013 5:00 am - Monday's backlash against Ryan Dempster was stunning. The former Cub/current Red Sox pitcher was vilified for throwing at Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez the night before...
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Sequestration began in White HouseAug 19, 2013 5:00 am - Note to Tom Teune, Aug. 10: It was Obama and his White House team that came up with sequestration. The law passed in the Democratic controlled Senate 74-26 in 2011. Joa...
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Do privileges for few extend to prisons?Aug 19, 2013 5:00 am - How wonderful America is that one of our prominent citizens can dictate within what prison facility he would like to be incarcerated. I wonder if Jesse Jackson Jr. will ...
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Dawn Patrol: Route 59 construction starts; Elgin man held on $900K bondAug 19, 2013 5:00 am - Long-awaited Route 59 construction begins today in Naperville It’s likely to be a hurry-up-and-wait kind of commute for the next two years on a 3.5-mile segment of ...