All Stories from December 7, 2013 (Change date)
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Public art project elicits the profound, profaneDec 08, 2013 6:19 am - SYRACUSE, N.Y. — It is public art made of private wishes. In a phenomenon spreading across the globe, oversized blackboards, painted on buildings and freestanding displa...
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Beware of reckless reform for U.S. patentsDec 07, 2013 4:00 am - Innovation is inspiring and contagious. My mother, Kathy Davis, was the inventor of the bug zapper in 1984 and successfully received a patent for the technology that now...
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Bicyclists continue to ignore stop signsDec 07, 2013 4:00 am - This is in response to the Nov. 24 letter, “Driver, bikers must learn to coexist,” by Mike Smolenski. Mr. Smolenski does not mention the fact that bikers blow through st...
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Growing trend for 2014: Orchid as top colorDec 08, 2013 6:19 am - NEW YORK — Orchid is growing on us: A version of the purple hue is Pantone Inc.’s color of the year for 2014. It follows this year’s pick of emerald green. Officially kn...
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Remember all that Pearl Harbor startedDec 07, 2013 4:00 am - A few days ago I decided to write a few words about Pearl Harbor Day. Here is the best I could do. The statisticians who know how to figure these things tell us that in ...
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The SoapboxDec 07, 2013 4:00 am - Check those IDs: Given the problem of teen drinking, it’s disappointing to see so many Bartlett businesses failed a recent age check in which police used two 18-year-old...
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Herald hiding news damaging to Obama?Dec 07, 2013 4:00 am - The biggest news on everyone’s mind is the utter disaster of a rollout of Obamacare and the incompetence of the Obama administration in getting it going after three year...
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Education problem is too much coddlingDec 07, 2013 4:00 am - The Guest View on Nov. 21 from Harry Bateman, executive director of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, makes a case for the need for “educated and skilled” citizens...
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Holiday spirit at heart of book on family Christmas traditionsDec 07, 2013 12:05 pm - Every Christmas, your family does something they do every year. It's a tradition, and it's never broken. Perhaps you all go to church together before seeing what Santa b...
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Overreaction at Bartlett High SchoolDec 07, 2013 3:40 am - Overreaction at Bartlett High School The Nov. 26 article about the Bartlett High School teacher who was put on leave after criticizing choices the school implemente...