Northfield
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Beamer, Shanower recalled at local memorial eventsSep 11, 2011 12:00 am - Todd Beamer helped secure the first U.S. victory in the war against terrorism, one of his former teachers said Sunday. Beamer, a former Wheaton resident, was a passenger...
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Video: Suburban residents open up about 9/11 memoriesSep 10, 2011 11:00 pm - They are fathers, mothers, wives, Muslims and rescuers. Across the suburbs, people were touched by 9/11.
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Debt percentages are fuzzy mathSep 10, 2011 5:00 am - I am writing in regard to the letter by Raleigh Sutton in Fence Post Sept. 3, titled “Who has gotten us in deeper debt?” Sutton lists the percent increase or decrease in...
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A government divided cannot standSep 10, 2011 5:00 am - A recent “Jeopardy!” question caused me to reread Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. The last line particularly struck me as relevant now — “and that government of the people...
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Jobs czar not doing much for jobsSep 10, 2011 5:00 am - I met a couple who were able to come to the U.S. because they were medical transcribers in Pakistan. They were here for a year, and he just secured a position as a medic...
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No wonder Postal Service is strugglingSep 10, 2011 5:00 am - It’s curious that the U.S. Postal Service complains about business being bad when using it has been made as inconvenient as possible. That many letter boxes have been el...
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Find solution in cuts to military spendingSep 10, 2011 5:00 am - One of the unfortunate consequences of the events of Sept. 11, 2001, was a knee-jerk response to authorize military action against an ill-defined enemy (“terrorists”). I...
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A simple solution to our tax woesSep 10, 2011 5:00 am - President Obama deserves our everlasting gratitude for his excellent handling of the mess his predecessor left behind. While we were saved from a worldwide depression, t...
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Burglar found cooking inside Mt. Prospect restaurantSep 10, 2011 12:00 am - Police responding to a Mount Prospect restaurant’s burglar alarm about 3:30 a.m. Saturday found the suspect inside the restaurant beginning to prepare a meal and brought...
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McHenry Democrat to run for 14th House DistrictSep 10, 2011 12:00 am - If a potential showdown between two sitting GOP congressmen in the 14th District actually does come to fruition, the battle for the seat won’t end with the primary. Form...