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Jean Kaczmarek: Candidate profile
Oct 23, 2018 1:00 AM - Jean Kaczmarek is a candidate for DuPage County clerk. -
1968 Democratic convention 'impossible to forget,' says reporter who covered it
Aug 25, 2018 9:04 PM - Arlington Heights resident Ed Murnane has been at eight national conventions, but the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, which he covered as a reporter for the Herald, was 'impossible to forget,' he writes.
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Muslim convention in Rosemont promotes civic, interfaith engagement
Sep 3, 2016 6:26 PM - Muslim leaders are convening in Rosemont this weekend for the largest such gathering in the U.S. and Canada, aiming to promote civic and interfaith engagement in the face of Islamophobia. -
Capt. Khan's parents in Rosemont: 'So much goodness in the world'
Sep 3, 2016 6:23 PM - Speaking in Rosemont at the largest gathering of Muslims in the U.S. and Canada, Khizr and Ghazala Khan said "there's so much goodness in the world." -
Editorial: The Trump message Bloomberg wants Republicans to hear
Jul 30, 2016 2:00 PM - In this editorial, the Daily Herald argues that the number of Republican Party leaders who still oppose Trump suggests they're not all just doing it out of cynical politics. -
5 things to watch now that the conventions are over
Jul 29, 2016 12:52 PM - With the balloons all popped and the two party conventions over, the hyper-political battle for votes in November will take a break for a while to give Republicans and Democrats a chance to relax. Just kidding. -
Lester: Sox pitcher key to '59 pennant dies as modestly as he lived
Jul 29, 2016 5:03 AM - Decades before Chris Sale was suspended for cutting up throwback jerseys before a scheduled start, the White Sox had another standout pitcher, who led the American League in saves and games finished to help the team clinch the 1959 pennant. But Omar "Turk" Lown is remembered for his modesty and pragmatism, in both the way he lived and the way he died, columnist Kerry Lester writes. -
Fact check: Misfires in Hillary Clinton's speech
Jul 29, 2016 8:58 AM - In her speech accepting the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton wrongly implied Donald Trump has proposed banning Islam in America, and she sketched out a plan for defeating Islamic State militants that merely mirrors what the U.S. is already trying to do. -
Duckworth addresses Democratic convention as race with Kirk looms
Jul 29, 2016 12:34 AM - U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth told the Democratic National Convention on its final night that she owed her political career to the crew that saved her life after her Black Hawk helicopter was shot down in Iraq in 2004. -
Clinton paints herself as experienced unifier
Jul 29, 2016 12:10 AM - Promising Americans a steady hand, Hillary Clinton cast herself Thursday night as a unifier for divided times, an experienced leader steeled for a volatile world. She aggressively challenged Republican Donald Trump's ability to do the same.
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