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  • Workmen who saved nun from train: 'Nothing special'

    01/20/2010 6:02:36 AM PST · by mlizzy · 3 replies · 528+ views
    Chicago Sun Times ^ | 01-20-10 | Kim Janssen
    Three workmen rescued a nun moments before an Amtrak train hit and destroyed her car Monday in Lemont. Jason Wojdyla, 25, his dad John, and coworker Ryan Dimenza were installing air conditioning on a rooftop in downtown Lemont at 1 p.m. Monday when they spotted the nun crash her white Chevy Malibu. “She hit a fire hydrant and got stuck on the tracks,” Jason Wojdyla said. “We knew we had to do something.” The threesome ran downstairs to help. Though the nun, who Wojdyla estimated was in her 60s, was unhurt, they had to convince her to abandon her car...
  • Voter ID: A “Who’s Who” Of The Electorate

    09/30/2006 8:30:56 AM PDT · by CTposterBoy · 11 replies · 839+ views
    Radiofree West Hartford ^ | September 30, 2006 | Doug Wrenn
    I have seen billboards that are harder to read than liberal Democrats. This is a group of people with no vision. They complain without offering solutions. When they do complain, they cannot do so without resorting to personal attacks. They offer nothing but vitriol. They don’t have a platform, they have a paragraph, “Republicans are evil, we hate Bush and get us out of Iraq.” When I was of the age and size to play in a sandbox, a common argument closer was, “Just because.” The Democrats are still playing in the sand box. “Just because” doesn’t get you far...