All Stories from July 29, 2014 (Change date)
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Leftist writers can't see the error of their waysJul 29, 2014 5:01 am - The Herald is becoming too left-leaning for my taste. Your writers, Richard Cohen (and others), are living in never-never land. We should take his advice and avoid a boo...
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Exonerating the criminalsJul 29, 2014 5:01 am - Recep Tayyip Erdogan's anti-Semitism is getting the better of him. Once again, the Turkish prime minister has trotted out the Hitler analogy in relation to Israel and wh...
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Why incumbents keep getting re-electedJul 29, 2014 5:01 am - It's no news that Congress is unpopular. In fact, at times it seems like the only real novelty on Capitol Hill would be a jump in its approval rating. In June, a Gallup ...
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State pensions inherently against constitutionJul 29, 2014 5:01 am - State constitution: the fundamental principles by which a state is governed. I question the legality of the part of the Illinois Constitution regarding the pension syste...
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Skip the comparisons with MexicoJul 29, 2014 5:01 am - Almost any discussion of how the United States treats uninvited visitors - whether they be child refugees looking for shelter or adult immigrants looking for jobs - will...
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Editorial: Homeless education funding scarce but neededJul 29, 2014 5:01 am - As we learned in staff writer Melissa Silverberg's story on Sunday, homeless students stopped a long time ago being just a Chicago problem. The number of Northwest subur...
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Lake County trying new technology for traffic light systemJul 29, 2014 5:00 am - A new way to move traffic that reacts to actual conditions rather than estimates is getting a trial in Lake County. Transportation officials say the Adaptive Traffic Sig...
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Downers Grove adds five medics on two wheelsJul 29, 2014 5:00 am - Seventeen years after first using bicycles to reach areas where ambulances can't go, the Downers Grove Fire Department is bolstering its Emergency Medical Services Bike ...
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Dawn Patrol: Man injured outside bar dies; police ID man in fatal crashJul 29, 2014 5:00 am - Palatine man injured outside bar dies A Palatine man injured after being punched in the head outside a bar Friday, July 18, has died from his injuries. Witnesses sa...
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Kaneland school board meeting gets heated over budgetJul 29, 2014 5:00 am - The Kaneland school board Monday night tentatively approved a $66.5 million budget with a $3 million deficit in the education fund portion, over the objection of board m...