All Stories from January 4, 2015 (Change date)
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How do you play a master painter? First, learn to paint.Jan 04, 2015 5:45 am - NEW YORK — Talk about suffering for your art. Achieving his acclaimed performance as the masterful British landscape painter J.M.W. Turner in “Mr. Turner” took so much o...
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Greenspan throws a wet blanket on hopes for growth breakoutJan 04, 2015 5:31 am - WASHINGTON - Just when you thought the U.S. economy was roaring back to health, Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is here to tell you otherwise. "The United...
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U.S. Mint gold-coin sales head for biggest drop in eight yearsJan 04, 2015 5:14 am - Gold's lackluster performance is turning off coin buyers, with sales at the U.S. Mint heading for the biggest annual drop in eight years. Purchases of American Eagle gol...
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Sunday picks: Catch the last train ...Jan 04, 2015 5:00 am - Last train Today is your last chance to see the elaborate miniature trains and buildings of the Wonderland Express at the Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe. $12; $10 ...
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An ulterior motive on Cuba proposal?Jan 04, 2015 4:01 am - Can't help but wonder if President Obama thinks it will be easier to close Guantanamo detention center if he cozies up to the Castros. Joan Baillie Wauconda ...
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'The Interview' was just a stupid ideaJan 04, 2015 4:01 am - I'm shocked at what I'm hearing concerning the fallout from the Seth Rogen, movie, "The Interview," that is supposedly a comedy about the assassination of the North Kore...
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Editorial: Is Rauner setting the stage for change?Jan 04, 2015 4:01 am - Bruce Rauner's December pronouncements about the state of the Illinois budget and its causes have not been all that surprising, but news from the Republican governor-ele...
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America's 'slacktivist' tendenciesJan 04, 2015 4:01 am - I wanted to do something for my country during the holidays, so I went to the movies. I watched the Christmas Day opening of "The Interview," to show North Korea that I ...
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A black life that also matteredJan 04, 2015 4:01 am - An innocent, unarmed black teenager recently was shot and killed in Chicago. He was not killed because he was resisting arrest, or threatening another person. He was sho...
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Gay couples should respect others' beliefsJan 04, 2015 4:01 am - On the issue of gay marriage, I am against it and I have voted for people who I thought would vote against it. I am not against gay people. Two of my dearest friends wer...