All Stories from November 19, 2013 (Change date)
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Jobs will be lost with no year-round racingNov 19, 2013 4:00 am - Thousands of jobs literally are going to be gone in Illinois come January, and no one seems to know or care. Horse racing is a huge business, from the farmers that grow ...
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Check from Washington, Ill., flies 150 miles to Arlington HeightsNov 19, 2013 4:00 am - When Lou Blanc went to pick up his newspaper outside his Arlington Heights home Monday morning, he noticed a small, folded slip of paper nearby. He opened it up and fou...
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Dawn Patrol: Losing home to tornado; man dead in W. ChicagoNov 19, 2013 4:00 am - Editor’s parents find home in Washington in ruins Instead of writing the news, Daily Herald Political Editor Mike Riopell found himself smack in the middle of the n...
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Des Plaines mayor's veto over bidding rules standsNov 19, 2013 4:00 am - Des Plaines aldermen who favored loosening city bidding rules for public projects failed to get enough votes Monday to override Mayor Matt Bogusz's first veto. The city ...
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A more fitting name for Washington’s teamNov 19, 2013 4:00 am - I am not in favor of changing the Washington NFL team’s name for political correctness or any other reason. The nickname has been attached to the football team for decad...
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Candidate went too far on anti-abortion standNov 19, 2013 4:00 am - A Republican named Ken Cuccinelli lost the race for governor of Virginia to a Democrat named Terry McAuliffe. Now, I couldn’t care less who is the governor of Virginia; ...
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We’ll be better off with ACA than without itNov 19, 2013 4:00 am - I can hear in my mind’s ear Barbra Streisand’s beautifully haunting song “The Way We Were.” It was a nostalgic, wistful song in a movie of the same name. But sometimes, ...
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Best bets: Gilbert Gottfried plays Zanies in RosemontNov 19, 2013 4:00 am - All lit up The Morton Arboretum debuts its new interactive holiday light display called Illumination starting today. Some displays will respond and shift based upon...
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Can this health care plan be saved?Nov 19, 2013 4:00 am - Let’s recap: If you like your insurance policy, you can keep it. No, wait. If you liked your policy, it was probably worthless anyway. Scratch that. If your junk policy ...
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Batavia school board to discuss students’ homelessnessNov 19, 2013 3:51 am - The Batavia school board will learn about the district’s homeless children, including the effect of homelessness on academic performance, at tonight’s meeting. Superinte...