All Stories from August 31, 2012 (Change date)
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Dawn Patrol: Mitt Romney’s promise; charges in school bus crashAug 31, 2012 12:42 pm - Romney: ‘Need jobs, lots of jobs’ Mitt Romney finished the Republican National Convention last night with a speech that focused heavily on jobs and a promise to cre...
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Here’s how to clean up as you drill and enjoy your hard work soonerAug 31, 2012 5:00 am - Drilling is just part of the standard fun involved in a wide variety of home projects. Depending upon what you are drilling into, you can create quite a bit of debris wh...
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Trying picking up your own trashAug 31, 2012 4:55 am - Trying picking up your own trash In writing this letter, I may be upsetting the apple cart. But many other people in West Chicago have, in effect, turned the garbag...
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One giant leap for humankind?Aug 31, 2012 4:55 am - One giant leap for humankind? Neil Armstrong indeed was famous for being the first person to set foot on the moon. But a lady friend of mine who is an ardent femini...
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Public pension end should be on tableAug 31, 2012 4:55 am - Public pension end should be on table We shouldn’t be discussing public pension reform. We should be discussing public pension elimination. We should pay public emp...
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Roskam’s plan to get debt under controlAug 31, 2012 4:40 am - I am writing today to express my support for Congressman Peter Roskam, who is running in the 6th District. Our federal government is facing a fiscal crisis. Annual trill...
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Beware the ‘progressives’Aug 31, 2012 4:40 am - I’m a product of the Great Depression, and I remember how popular the Communist Party was in America. I remember going to see one of their parades in Chicago and I also ...
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Paint can be a dramatic, low-cost floor coveringSep 04, 2012 6:13 am - When it became clear that allergies would prevent Nancy B. Westfall's infant daughter from having a rug in her room, the Atlanta-based artist turned instead to paint, a ...
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Waubonsie goes coconuts for winSep 01, 2012 12:54 am - Waubonsie Valley may have discovered a new secret weapon in Friday’s 54-28 nonconference win at Oswego: it’s called coconut water. There’s no doubt that on a hot, humid ...
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Poll Vault: Which Chicago player’s jersey would you buy?Aug 31, 2012 5:06 am - How many of you still have a Sammy Sosa jersey? Wouldn’t you like to trade in that No. 21 for Starlin Castro’s No. 13 these days? Plenty of you own a Derrick Rose shirt....