Columns
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Priest's tax refund not forthcoming from Days InnJan 26, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. I'm trying to get a refund from the Days Inn in Wagoner, Okla., and I think I'm being ignored. I'm a Roman Catholic priest, and I was recently in town for a bapti...
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Laughing at what's ludicrous is opinion of an important sortJan 26, 2008 10:00 pm - She was an old woman, living in a California nursing home. Given Elgin was reeling from a student's vicious attack on a teacher and allegations that one of its police of...
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Winter heating bills have people surfing to Nicor Web siteJan 26, 2008 10:00 pm - When the outside temperature drops, you're more likely to think about ways to say money on your energy costs. At least, that's what Naperville-based Nicor Inc., parent o...
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Night of Hoops a trifecta of blockbustersJan 26, 2008 10:00 pm - The 15th Annual Batavia Night of Hoops might need a new name. It's gone from good to great to better in the last decade and a half. But next Saturday's lineup of marquee...
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Don't fly off the handle when you're groundedJan 26, 2008 10:00 pm - Did you hear about the riots at Argentina's Buenos Aires airport a couple of weeks ago? Apparently, passengers on Aerolineas airline got so angry about delayed and cance...
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Dig that deco decor in MilwaukeeJan 26, 2008 10:00 pm - A popular sport, sitting in the bar at Milwaukee's historic art deco Ambassador Hotel, is checking out vintage cocktail prices, circa 1928. That was when the hotel opene...
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Saying 'I told you so' causes more problemsJan 26, 2008 10:00 pm - Some words should almost never be used. A good example is the four words strung together to create the sentence "I told you so." Separately these words are fairly harmle...
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Vote for a presidential getawayJan 26, 2008 10:00 pm - It was the day before school resumed after winter break when the kids suddenly became interested in the calendar to see when the next break would occur. After all, four ...
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GOP should share Schwarzenegger's view of immigrationJan 26, 2008 10:00 pm - Republicans love to talk about immigrants. Rudy Giuliani promises to end illegal immigration in three years. Mike Huckabee would have 12 million illegal immigrants gone ...
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Lesson to learn from Thompson's futile bid for presidentJan 26, 2008 10:00 pm - You would never realize how big the stakes are in Tuesday's winner-take-all Florida Republican primary if you judged only the behavior of the leading presidential candid...