All Stories from April 20, 2014 (Change date)
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Work advice: Music teacher's lost income not a minor issueApr 20, 2014 5:12 am - Q: I have been teaching piano for 13 years. It is my main source of income, and I love doing it. The problem is that every so often, one of my students quits with little...
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Privacy rights essential to a free societyApr 20, 2014 5:01 am - In an April 6 letter to the editor, Jeff Markarian, suggested that only people with something to hide would be worried about government surveillance. This cliché falsely...
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Slayings in Kansas stem from lack of understandingApr 20, 2014 5:01 am - The innocent lives taken at the Kansas Jewish community center and senior living facility was a heinous act against mankind - and I'm deeply sorry to the families who lo...
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Unhappy about plan to cut IMRF pensionApr 20, 2014 5:01 am - My response to the Daily Herald investigation and the proposal of state Rep. Deborah Conroy to cut the "13th payment" from IMRF pensions is: Cut my subscription to the D...
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Government as innovator? You bet!Apr 20, 2014 5:01 am - Five years ago, the federal government spent $169 billion to fund basic research and development. This fiscal year, it's down to $134 billion. People who believe in publ...
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Why your mayors want you riled up over pensionsApr 20, 2014 5:01 am - Let's face it, our municipal leaders are not in the most enviable position on this one: They need to get the public's blood boiling about pension reform. It's a huge, hu...
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Editorial: It's politics before prestige in Obama library bidApr 20, 2014 5:00 am - If we were Laffy Taffy, we would ask this question: When isn't a 9-to-0 vote unanimous? Answer: When Illinois politicians are counting. In yet another of the bizarre and...
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Sunday picks: Songbirds and Oompa LoompasApr 20, 2014 5:00 am - Searching for songbirds: Head out for an early morning spring hike as the Lake County Forest Preserve District hosts its Bird Walk at the Fort Sheridan Forest Preser...
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Target expands subscription service tenfoldApr 20, 2014 5:00 am - NEW YORK — Target is vastly expanding the goods available to order by subscription as it fends off its biggest non-traditional retail rival, Amazon.com. The nation's sec...
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Daniel Radcliffe loves New York audiencesApr 20, 2014 4:30 am - NEW YORK - The one thing Daniel Radcliffe always has to adjust to whenever he's onstage in America is how happy Americans are to see Daniel Radcliffe onstage. The former...