Editorials
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Getting it right … againAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Schaumburg's special events coordinator Roxane Benvenuti seems to have a knack for these things. While it might seem to some like a no-brainer to invite returning soldie...
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Get rid of the stripesAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - It's good to see the inmates working on the grounds of the Kane County jail, but their garb of broad gray stripes is reminiscent of the 1932 film "I Am a Fugitive from a...
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This contrast stingsAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - This contrast stings While the DuPage County Board wrings its hands over how to handle a budget catastrophe, the DuPage County Forest Preserve District is in the financi...
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Small price to avoid big problemAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Yes, $90,000 is a lot of money, as Aurora Ald. Rick Lawrence notes. But it pales in comparison with, say, a potential $9 million lawsuit, as Mayor Tom Weisner also notes...
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Age of enlightenment?Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs says he panicked after crashing his high, high-end car into a light pole at 3 in the morning and left the scene to "avoid a scene."...
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Governor's lawsuit pointless and pettyAug 30, 2007 11:00 pm - You might think, looking back over the year he's had so far, that Gov. Rod Blagojevich would be hard-pressed to find even one more way to further diminish his leadership...
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Keeping toxic toys away from childrenAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - This Christmas, Santa would do well to pack a lead-testing kit in his bag of toys. That is, if any of them weren't made in his workshop, but exported from China. Those t...
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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...