Editorials
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Immediacy's vital in reporting crimeOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - The work of a police department goes beyond arresting criminals and ticketing traffic law violators, as important as both duties are in their own right in keeping the pu...
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Tax dollars go, not enough come backOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - If the people of Illinois had to live off the return on their investment of tax dollars in Washington, we would all be in the poorhouse. For a long time, Illinois has b...
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Long standoff better than open warfareOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - If Americans know nothing else about Korea, most know North and South have been engaged in a tense stalemate along the 38th parallel since a 1953 cease-fire halted shoot...
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Organizers must learn from race chaosOct 08, 2007 11:00 pm - A few elite runners basically shrugged off rare October heat that turned Chicago's marathon course into a broiler Sunday morning. For the front-runners, the scorching su...
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Young journalists point to hopeful futureOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - In terms of business success, these are rugged days for newspapers. Any cursory look into business digests, stock tables or advertising-revenue trends will tell you that...
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Bianchi must cut tax-supported office eatsOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Longtime public officials sometimes spend so much time in office or with others of their own ilk that they forget how the private sector lives. McHenry County State's A...
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Losers are clear in health-care battleOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Even under the best of circumstances, patients often find it confusing to navigate the maze of rules, procedures and paperwork that inevitably accompany health care and ...
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U-46 teachers should say 'yes' to good dealOct 06, 2007 11:00 pm - When Elgin School District U-46's 2,400 teachers vote by secret ballot Oct. 15 on a proposed three-year contract, we urge them to say "yes." The deal, already tentativel...
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Soapbox: Quit packing east sideOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - No doubt Elgin City Council members will point to the $275,000 to $325,000 value of the 14 homes proposed on the 3-acre former YMCA property as reason to approve such a...
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Soapbox: District earns national recognitionOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 definitely deserves a gold star. For the second straight year, one of the district's schools was named a No Child Left Behind Blue ...