Editorials
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Nature hit hard, but got no 10-countAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Nature hit us hard with a variety of vicious blows. Last week, rain came down inch after agonizing inch, flooding streets, homes and businesses. A tornado touched down b...
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Prison recidivism pilot a test worth takingAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Just about everyone recognizes that prisons tend to turn amateur criminals into hardened ones who return to prison again and again. That was, after all, the genesis of "...
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Much work to do; many stories to tellAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Suburban residents have seen their share of violent storms and serious flooding over the years, but it has been a while since Mother Nature delivered the kind of one-two...
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Strategies justified for highway safetyAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - It's imperative police agencies take the steps to slow people down and make our roads safer. Are you sure that construction worker on the highway is truly concerned wit...
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State budget a bust for the suburbsAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - If you are looking for a job that pays well and offers nice salary increases without the expectation of competence, consider being a governor or lawmaker in Illinois. We...
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Saturday Soapbox: C'mon, mom!Aug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - If you have a child as giving and apparently responsible as Evan Kuehnert, the Batavia 7-year-old who asked friends to skip birthday presents for him and instead bring p...
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Saturday Soapbox: New school; good decisionAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Returning students will have to get accustomed to a different building, but that's a small price to pay for the peace of mind parents will gain from Lake Zurich District...
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Saturday Soapbox: C'mon, mom!Aug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - If you have a child as giving and apparently responsible as Evan Kuehnert, the Batavia 7-year-old who asked friends to skip birthday presents for him in lieu of presents...
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Saturday Soapbox: A senseless lossAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Two 15-year-olds running around with guns in a crowded shopping plaza in Addison. Not surprisingly, tragedy ensues, in this case, the shooting death of 14-year-old Franc...
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Saturday Soapbox: Patience may pay offAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - It's not easy for school board members to be patient about going to referendum, especially if a district faces the kind of pressing classroom space needs that hamper Bar...