Kerry Lester
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Elgin teacher can't forgive teen who stabbed herAug 15, 2011 12:00 am - The Christian thing to do, Carolyn Gilbert says she knows, would be to forgive Angel Facio for attacking her with a knife. In her Elgin classroom, he stabbed her so brut...
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Durbin: Congress needs ‘cooling off’ periodAug 15, 2011 12:00 am - Though his Republican counterpart has called twice for Congress to return to Washington to address the country’s market downgrade, Sen. Dick Durbin says the time isn’t r...
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Impulse: What drove Elgin teen Angel Facio to stab his teacherAug 14, 2011 11:00 pm - It was an impulse that, three years later, he still can't completely explain. Angel Facio stabbed one of his favorite teachers, nearly taking her life. Even now, sitting...
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Walsh faces tough fight ahead in re-election bid to CongressAug 14, 2011 12:00 am - Clapping his hands, Joe Walsh strides into a room at Richard Walker's Pancake House in Crystal Lake on a sunny Saturday morning. He is wearing worn blue crocs, a red po...
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Police: Rolling Meadows man hides in trash bin, attacks wrong guyAug 13, 2011 12:00 am - A Rolling Meadows man was charged with assault after hiding in a large trash bin and stabbing another man he falsely believed attacked him, police said. Edgar Marquez, 3...
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Rep. Joe Walsh: ‘I am not a deadbeat dad’Aug 12, 2011 5:40 am - Congressman Joe Walsh says he “absolutely” does not owe ex-wife Laura Walsh or their three children $117,437 and vows to fight what he says are “wildly inaccurate” claim...
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Kirk: Congress needs to step up, head back to CapitolAug 10, 2011 12:00 am - With financial markets sharply down in the wake of the country’s credit downgrade, Sen. Mark Kirk is calling for Congress to return to Washington to address the debt iss...
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Kotowski grades effect of state budget reformAug 08, 2011 12:00 am - The proof, the old cliché goes, is in the pudding. So, when state Sen. Dan Kotowski last year heralded the passage of legislation he sponsored reforming the way the st...
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Suburban reps play key roles in debt ceiling stormJul 31, 2011 11:00 pm - With hours to go before a potential government default, members of Republican leadership Monday, including Congressman Peter Roskam of Wheaton, were walking the marble h...
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Fitzgerald: U.S. could face European-style 'catastrophe'Jul 31, 2011 12:00 am - If Congress doesn't get its act together, and fast, the U.S. has the potential to head down the same path as Ireland, Spain or Greece, says an iconoclastic former suburb...