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Editorial: Why do we still have pension double dipping?
Dec 12, 2018 6:04 PM - It's perfectly legal for a firefighter to retire, begin collecting a public pension, and move to a different town or fire district to begin a second career and work toward a second public pension. But it shouldn't be, a Daily Herald editorial says. -
Pathogens couldn't care less about Italian politics
Dec 12, 2018 1:00 AM - Columnist Michael Gerson: It was in Florence, Italy, in 1614 that Tommaso Caccini preached a sermon in the church of Santa Maria Novella denouncing Galileo and other scientists who held the heretical view that the Earth circles the sun.
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Congresswoman to Google CEO: Why when I search 'idiot' do I get pictures of Trump?
Dec 12, 2018 9:43 AM - Google chief executive Sundar Pichai, who was testifying before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday morning, tried to explain to the roomful of mostly tech novices how the algorithms take into account some 200 factors.
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Morrison-Trevor discovery recount scheduled
Dec 12, 2018 6:08 PM - The discovery recount in the narrow Tom Morrison-Maggie Trevor race for the 54th state House District is scheduled to take place over the course of three days next week. -
'I felt it was my duty to cover up his dirty deeds': Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen gets 3 years in prison
Dec 12, 2018 1:41 PM - Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's once-devoted lawyer and all-around fixer, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for allowing what he said was his "blind loyalty" to Trump to lead him astray. "I felt it was my duty to cover up his dirty deeds," he said.
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Crowded village board races emerging across Northwest suburbs
Dec 11, 2018 11:09 PM - Contested village board and city council races are taking shape across the Northwest suburbs, with crowded contests already in Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Rolling Meadows and Des Plaines. -
Several DuPage County towns already have contested mayoral races
Dec 10, 2018 6:25 PM - The race for several mayoral seats got off to a fast start Monday in DuPage County, with candidates emerging to challenge the incumbents in Wood Dale and Oak Brook. -
Mayors face challenges in Lindenhurst, Buffalo Grove, N. Barrington
Dec 10, 2018 7:40 PM - Challengers for mayor in four Lake County towns quiet on first day of filing -
Races set in St. Charles, Geneva, South Elgin after first day of filingDec 10, 2018 11:27 PM - Pingree Grove Village President Steve Wiedmeyer and Wayne Village President Eileen Phipps were among the incumbents to formally launch re-election efforts Monday, the first day candidates in many suburbs could file nominating petitions to run for municipal offices in the April 2 election.
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Lake County school board races emerge on first day of filing
Dec 10, 2018 7:02 PM - The first day of filing for the April 2019 consolidated local election resulted in a few contested races for school boards in Lake County.
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