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Illinois lawmakers sniff out impeachment clues right under their noses
Patrick Fitzgerald seems to have even more power than we realized. Not only can the federal prosecutor criminally charge a sitting governor, he can make an entire legislative chamber finally acknowledge the mess that’s festered right under its nose for six years.
Alcoa has proven its Q-C commitment
Alcoa’s news whipped through our Quad-Cities harsher than a blast of January wind: a 13 percent worldwide workforce reduction. As usual, the local plant leaders didn’t hedge. Davenport Works representative John Riches answered our reporter’s questions on the record and appeared before cameras for the TV bunch. “The reduction in force announced by Alcoa today will have an impact on Davenport Works,” Riches told Times business reporter Jennifer DeWitt.
Deere retirees elevate health care debate
The activism of a group of Quad-City-based Deere & Co. retirees hopefully will influence our nation’s entire health care debate. The Flex Retirees Organization lawsuit against Deere was deemed a class action lawsuit this week, covering a wider group of mostly salaried Deere retirees affected by the company’s changes to retirement healthcare benefits.
River Action prepares for the inevitable
Duck Creek will flood again. Bank on it. The stream carries away runoff through the middle of Davenport and Bettendorf, and last year’s heavy rainfalls of June 12 and 13 are no anomalies. They will happen again.
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Eastwood’s new film will unhinge hypersensitive America
Clint Eastwood has had it up to here with sensitivity.
Teen abstinence pro & con: Straight Edge works
The Hartford Courant recently reported on a somewhat shocking teenage contrast. Picture a band of boys calling themselves “Society in Ruins” playing thrash-metal music so loudly it would make your ears bleed. But the teen rockers also have committed themselves to what’s called the “Straight Edge” lifestyle of no drugs and no alcohol during high school. Courant writer Teresa Pelham reported the teenage rockers don’t have a formal pact, “just an understanding that there will be no pressure, at least from each other, to drink or try drugs.”
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Blue Grass, Buffalo volunteer firefighters avert a slippery tragedy
Imagine, if you will, people you’ve never met leaving their family and the comfort of their homes and traveling hazardous icy roads through pea-soup fog…
- Bettendorf snow crews are exceptional
- Evolution is a fact
- Tuition hike hurts
- Gas prices are still too high
- Abstinence-only programs won't work
RSSBarb Ickes
Read it real, real slow
Oh, my. Is there a feeling more maddening than one of being jerked around? Worse, what about being jerked around while your money’s being picked…
- Something that makes no sense
- And now some highlights
- TalkAbout what could be worse
- Read it real, real slow
- TalkAbout: Students preparing to live more modestly
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Democrats criticize Obama's proposed tax cuts
WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama's proposed tax cuts ran into opposition Thursday from senators in his own party who said they wouldn't do much to…
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Golf is back to warm us up
Besides the NFL playoffs, January's one redeeming quality is pictures of sun-kissed golfers playing fast by the sea. Tiger's not back, but PGA Tour golf is, as the Mercedes-Benz Championships…
- Eagles: Dissecting the ticket prices
- Discuss prevention during holidays
- Workin' Mom on the radio
- Babycakes:`I so happy'
RSSBill Wundram
During ... Curing the crud, add-cetera
Away we go, coughing and aching all the way, listening to the remedies for curing the crud that is threatening to immobilize the Quad-Cities.…
- License bureau waives fee if you wait too long
- Crud creeps into Q-C lives — and lingers
- We're inching closer to spring - honest!
- Baby doc delivers his last bundle of joy
- '08 memories, from back of an envelope
RSSMelissa Coulter
Green 2008 resolution kept
I never thought I’d be able to write this sentence: This year, I kept my New Year’s resolution.…
