Jim Slusher
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Some sad stories must constantly be repeatedJan 06, 2010 10:00 pm - For more than two years early in the decade we've just completed, the Daily Herald conducted a strong, sustained crusade against drug use. Beginning with a package of st...
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Sometimes, even fantasy manages to look like newsDec 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Odds and ends, this and that, random thoughts: Let's start with Tiger Woods, the AP's athlete of the decade. A few weeks ago, I wrote about being mystified by the news v...
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In a story of too many miracles, hope for one moreDec 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Experiencing a miracle, not to mention witnessing one, ought to be a rare blessing. Yet, at 9 years old, Taylor Radtke has needed more miracles than most of us would eve...
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Reporting aims to avoid adding more tragedyDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - So while I'm still here livin', I guess I will live on. I could've died for love, but for livin' I was born. You might hear me holler and you might hear me cry. But I'll...
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Two tragedies: A study in rules and exceptionsNov 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Coming in midafternoon, the killings at Fort Hood presented a particular challenge for editors in our afternoon news meeting, where decisions are made about what will ru...
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Respectful, varied use of words can nudge the worldNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Paul Rusesabagina spoke in the suburbs this week about the power of words. It's an important message for anyone, but especially for people who produce and who read newsp...
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Make newspaper your source for informed votingOct 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Here. They. Come. Oh, if only we could think of them like Douglas Adams' Perfectly Normal Beasts that come thundering out of another dimension twice a year to roar brief...
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Meditations on a late-night star's blockbuster storyOct 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Sometimes, you can understand what makes the news news only if you take a very Zenlike approach to it. Case in point: David Letterman's sex life. I have to tell you this...
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Constants, change in 16 years of Brown's caseSep 30, 2009 11:00 pm - So much changes in 16 years. So much stays the same. January 9, 1993, was a cold and snowy winter Saturday. Inside the Lattof YMCA in Des Plaines where I was taking my 3...
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Watching a pro take on national sports storySep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Sure, there may be sports reporters who lie in wait for the juicy scoop or feed off the bottom of players' psyches in search of a catchy headline. Bruce Miles, though, i...