Burt Constable
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Service dogs help people in wheelchairs navigate winterFeb 07, 2015 10:00 pm - Many suburbanites are sick of snow drifts, slick ice, dirty slush, numbing cold and those spinning wheels. "I push forward, and if I can't go forward, I push backward," ...
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Constable: Ebola is not what devastated this Elgin coupleFeb 05, 2015 4:30 am - In the midst of 2014's outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus and fears that it was poised to sweep across the United States, a disease-carrying mosquito in Florida made new...
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Constable: We need holiday after Super Bowl MondayFeb 03, 2015 12:00 am - By Burt Constable Some of the crowd clamoring for Super Bowl Monday to become a holiday finally got their wish, in a way. On most Sunday nights after the Super Bowl b...
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Constable: Could anything dim Banks' bright smile?Jan 28, 2015 12:00 am - That fantastic smile is so much a part of Ernie Banks' legacy that it sometimes overshadows the reality that Mr. Cub was a record-breaking, barrier-busting ballplayer am...
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Constable: Traditional black colleges opening to all racesJan 27, 2015 4:30 am - Established in an era when race limited a young person's options, our nation's collection of historically black colleges and universities will open the doors to students...
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Decades after 'Jumbo Janet,' 63-year-old drops 170 poundsJan 25, 2015 6:37 am - That childhood moment when Jan Wilke realized she was a fat girl remains painful enough to rekindle the 63-year-old Grayslake grandmother's tears. Just a kid having fun,...
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Constable: Can lingering decorations get you in trouble?Jan 22, 2015 4:30 am - Folks who insist on making a "War on Christmas" out of a simple "happy holidays" might be cheered by this news from the suburban front: In the Battle Against Christmas D...
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Constable: 'Back to Future' for Bears, WoodfieldJan 20, 2015 4:30 am - In January of 1985, suburbanites could take pride in two local institutions that were at the top of their fields and moving toward even brighter futures. The Chicago Bea...
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Constable: Push to keep 'special' in these OlympicsJan 18, 2015 6:30 am - Among all the questions that popped into the heads of new parents Chris and Mindy Stanton 15 years ago when they learned their newborn daughter Abby had Down syndrome wa...
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Constable: Money gone, but new heart arrivesJan 14, 2015 10:00 pm - Sunday got off to a bleak start for Tyler and Rachel Knickerbocker of Huntley. Not only was their baby boy, Noah, enduring his fifth month in a Milwaukee hospital and st...