All Stories from March 20, 2014 (Change date)
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Why the delay on jobless benefits?Mar 20, 2014 5:01 am - This is regarding the article in The Washington Post on Sen. Jack Reed's proposal to reinstate the unemployment of millions who were cut off in December. What I think is...
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Gun problems will diminish with loveMar 20, 2014 5:01 am - What do we think we're doing? The way to kill a good guy with a gun is to arm a lot of bad guys with guns. That is uncommon common sense. When a leading U.S. senator br...
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Being Vladimir PutinMar 20, 2014 5:01 am - "Once an agent, always an agent." This was the terse response of Nina Khrushcheva on New Year's Eve 1999 when her mother commented favorably about the new president, Vl...
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Another object lesson in the problems with political pollsMar 20, 2014 5:01 am - Now about those political polls ... In sports, the common epithet when the lesser of two seemingly unevenly matched opponents wins or very nearly wins is "that's why the...
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Carbon tax remedy for Earth's 'fever'Mar 20, 2014 5:01 am - As I lie in bed with a 102 fever, I cannot help but think of our Earth. If I feel this immobilized after a 4-degree F rise in my body temperature, how does the Earth fee...
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Editorial: No denying, Illinois faces real, defining choiceMar 20, 2014 5:00 am - Now that the voters have spoken and the party slates are set, at least two things are clear about the coming campaign for the governor's mansion in Illinois. The stakes ...
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Dillard 'looking forward, not backward' after lossMar 20, 2014 5:00 am - Kirk Dillard has some “what ifs” but says he has no regrets as he prepares to return to life as a private citizen. The longtime DuPage County lawmaker lost his bid for g...
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Futuristic 'Divergent' action-packed, but suspense-starved tale of Chicago on the edgeMar 20, 2014 5:00 am - "Divergent" propels us into a seedy, futuristic world of teen angst and hormonally inspired romance where body, emotion and character are constantly pushed to the breaki...
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Elgin delays vote on leasing property to charter schoolMar 20, 2014 4:45 am - The Elgin City Council postponed making a decision on leasing property to a proposed new charter school after balking at the city's projected costs. Elgin would have to ...
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Ex-Wheaton College prof's sentence lowered in child porn caseMar 20, 2014 4:30 am - Blaming himself for not viewing all the child pornography presented as evidence in a former Wheaton College professor's sentencing hearing, a judge Wednesday sharply red...