Northfield
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Starbucks shops will highlight povertyFeb 11, 2012 11:00 pm - As I read the article on Starbucks’ plan to open 50 stores this year in India, I quietly imagine the wealthy and perhaps middle class sitting at a cafe drinking a latte ...
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$54 an hour for landscapers is nutsFeb 11, 2012 11:00 pm - Recently I read in your opinion section a piece named “State should back off wage push.” This article was about the problems the state of Illinois creates for its many m...
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A tax by any other name is still a taxFeb 11, 2012 11:00 pm - It’s just a little thing, but might I ask you folks at the Herald to start talking about taxes like they are real? You refer in your articles to grants from the federal ...
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DUI charge filed in Schaumburg crashFeb 11, 2012 10:00 pm - A 60-year-old Schaumburg man was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and disobeying a traffic control device after causing a crash on Saturday night in S...
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New Goodwill store in Des Plaines is 25th in the suburbsFeb 11, 2012 7:00 am - YouTube Yet, more than 100 eager shoppers lined up for the 8 a.m. Friday opening of a Goodwill Store Donation Center at 1521 Lee St. in Des Plaines. Nearly 500 people h...
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An idea for a fairer capital gains taxFeb 11, 2012 5:08 am - At the risk of having my liberal and conservative friends get all huffy about what I’m about to say, they need to put aside all the propaganda and double talk they hear ...
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Don’t blame chefs for obesity epidemicFeb 11, 2012 5:08 am - I’m writing in response to Ms. Beauvais’ letter on Jan. 29 about Paula Deen. I’m getting sick and tired of this “food snob/elitist” attitude that people have about her. ...
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Who runs the nation during election season?Feb 11, 2012 5:08 am - I’m wondering who will carry out the duties of the presidency while Barack Obama spends the next nine months campaigning for his re-election. Virginia Szigeti Arlingto...
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Denying birth control coverage is wrongFeb 11, 2012 5:08 am - Birth control is a basic human right. It is due the dignity of privacy as is any other health information. Catholic or any other hospitals do not have the right to deny ...
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Follow lead of Holy Land’s childrenFeb 11, 2012 5:08 am - Peace and conflict in the Holy Land affects what happens in the Middle East and here. The current conflict could escalate to a nuclear holocaust. A two-state solution is...