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Local Voices: Naperville, Lisle and Plainfield
Letters to the editor from Naperville, Lisle and Plainfield. Thanks to Obamacare I am a recent college graduate who is unemployed. Thanks to Obamacare, I am covered under my parents' insurance plan. I have uninsured friends in debt for...
Tags: National Security Agency, Golf, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Divvy Bike Share, Unemployment Benefits
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Grassley asks Penny Pritzker pointed questions about off-shore holdings
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON -- Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker, nominated to lead the Commerce Department, was on the receiving end Monday of pointed questions from Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who wrote to her seeking more details about subjects including the $53.6...Tags: Chuck Grassley, U.S. Senate, Entertainment, Gaming, PlayStation Portable
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U.S. and EU agree to launch free-trade talks
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. and the European Union will begin talks next month on an ambitious free-trade deal between the two rich regions that exchanged more than $645 billion in goods last year. But the announcement, made Monday ahead of the Group...
Tags: National Security Agency, European Debt Crisis, European Union, Summits, G8
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22 arrested during Keystone protest
Tribune reporterTwenty-two environmental activists who staged a sit-in to protest the expansion of the Keystone XL Pipeline that would bring crude oil from Canada to the United States were arrested as part of a planned protest this morning outside the State Department...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Police Arrests, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Keystone XL Pipeline
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Congress must act now to control our nation's debt
As two people who have been long-time friends, and who served in Congress as members of different political parties, we understand that compromise is not easy. But it is necessary, and it often produces the most thoughtful solutions to some of the...Tags: U.S. Senate, John Boehner, Politics, Public Finance, Democratic Party
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U.S. says Taliban agrees to Afghanistan peace talks
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland -- Senior Obama administration officials said Tuesday that the Taliban has agreed to participate in peace talks based in Qatar, a key step forward in the effort to jump-start a political resolution of the war in Afghanistan...
Tags: War in Afghanistan (2001-present), Kabul (Afghanistan), G8, NATO, Taliban
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Iran president-elect strikes conciliatory tone toward U.S.
TEHRAN — Iran's president-elect called his nation's strained relations with the United States "an old wound" that would take time to heal but signaled Monday that Tehran was ready to work to reduce tensions with Washington and the West. In his...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Ruhollah Khomeini, Bashar Assad, Religion and Belief, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Obama, Putin differ on Syria during tense talks
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland — President Obama differed sharply with Russia's leader over the Syrian civil war in an icy encounter Monday illustrating how difficult it may be to drive Syrian President Bashar Assad from power, even after some...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Summits, Religion and Belief, Bashar Assad
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Poll: Rick Scott gains steam after session wins
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- With a growing economy and legislative wins in the bank, Gov. Rick Scott's political fortunes appear to be improving. The latest Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday found the Republican governor's job approval rating had climbed...Tags: Nan H Rich, Polls, Politics, Charlie Crist, Regional Authority
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Culture?
A great challenge of today's "culture" is the determination of liberals to push a divisive agenda. People are expected to believe that there is no universal truth. We are fed a steady media diet of trivia and fantasy, often laced with vulgar language...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War I (1914-1918), Jihad
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Adriana Comellas-Macretti: Support Florida's small businesses
The number of small businesses in the U.S. and their economic impact has increased dramatically in recent decades. According to the SBA, small businesses currently provide 55 percent of all jobs and 66 percent of all net new jobs since the 1970s....Tags: Small Businesses, Business, Sales, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Executive Profile: Leaders share news from companies and careers, and their outlook on the economy
We checked in with executives profiled in the Tribune in the past year to learn their news, their insights about the coming year, and how they're feeling about the economy. Curt Bailey, president, Related Midwest Related has been running on all...
Tags: PricewaterhouseCoopers, House Building, Financial and Business Services, Consumers, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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