Cook County
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On Texan leaders, inept bureaucraciesAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - We have had two presidents from Texas in recent history. Lyndon Baines Johnson had us embroiled in a no-win war in Vietnam. As the death toll rose and the sentiment on t...
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Your FaithAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - To submit items, e-mail faith@dailyherald.com, or send fax to (847) 427-1301. Children, teens Congregation Beth Judea invites the community to welcome Shabbat with ...
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Birding club plans a trip for SundayAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - The briefs Birding club plans a trip for Sunday The DuPage Birding Club will have a field trip at 3 p.m. Sunday to the Lake Calumet area southeast of Chicago. Targets fo...
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'The Odd Couple' coming to Drury LaneAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - "The Odd Couple" 2½ out of four Location: Drury Lane Oak Brook, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace Times: 1:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 8 p.m. Thursday, 8:30 p.m. Frid...
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Soapbox: Sickening swims; benefits of publicity?Aug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Anybody but us think it shouldn't take an Illinois Department of Public Health warning to know it isn't wise to let pets cavort in human swimming pools? Yet some pet lov...
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Talent abounds in suburban league golfAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - With so many area teams returning a plethora of talent from last year, the girls golf season should be as competitive as ever. The area's field is already aiming toward ...
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Macy's run of bad luck is no surpriseAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Sales off at the downtown store. Salespersons' commissions being cut. Buyouts. Lake Forest store closing. Food court in violation of cleanliness. Jumper from a balcony. ...
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Lies produced spills of differing importAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Generally, I'm not a fan of letters to the editor that are responses to someone else's response to someone else's letter, but I just couldn't let the Aug. 8 letter from ...
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Homeless man killed by train in Arlington Hts.Aug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Joseph Mukarat had no home but lots of friends near the train tracks in Arlington Heights. "People called him 'Jesus Joe,'" said Ken Franklin, a friend of Mukarat's. "H...
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Dist. 23 teacher killed by a trainAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - The flickering emergency lights, droning helicopter and slowed trains made for an all-too-familiar grim scene for Caroline Jones and other Fox River Grove residents Frid...