Burt Constable
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Daily Herald column rekindles long-lost friendship; now they're marriedNov 15, 2014 10:00 pm - Their story begins decades before that day in 2007 when Helen Root happened upon a Daily Herald column about 80-year-old bicyclist Rennie Ballagh and his recovery from a...
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Constable: Bear market for Cutler jerseys, but Blackhawks still BullishNov 12, 2014 12:00 am - Suburban stores ordered their winter merchandise months ago - even before Bears fans heard all those giddy preseason predictions of quarterback Jay Cutler winning the MV...
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Name with unusual spelling can be a malady for MladysNov 11, 2014 4:30 am - Having autocorrect challenge her on the spelling of her last name is a given. But having actual humans tell her she doesn't know how to spell her own name has become a m...
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Honor Flight inspires Kildeer man to make movieNov 09, 2014 6:00 am - Newly retired and looking for a good cause, Dale Chellis of Kildeer read a newspaper column in March 2008 about Honor Flight Chicago. The fledgling charity was organizin...
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Constable: World colored by never-ending pain for people with rare disorderNov 04, 2014 4:30 am - During her explanation of how her chronic disorder cost her the nursing career she cherished or soured some relationships with relatives and friends, Kathleen McGill wip...
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Quigley wins easily in Congress Dist. 5Nov 04, 2014 12:01 am - As expected, incumbent Congressman Mike Quigley breezed to an easy victory Tuesday night in Illinois' 5th Congressional District. With 98 percent of the vote counted in ...
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Wallenda supported, Spider-Dan nearly killedNov 02, 2014 6:00 am - When daredevil Nik Wallenda steps onto a tightrope high above Chicago tonight for a live TV broadcast expected to be seen by millions, the city will do everything possib...
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Drawing on friends to bury happy, outgoing 30-year-oldOct 29, 2014 1:00 am - Sad as he finds the mission, Peter Keene of Wheeling can't hold back the chuckles as he searches through his computer, pulling up photograph after photograph of his dead...
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Bartlett church wants to reach out and bless someoneOct 28, 2014 5:30 am - Since the invention of Caller ID, many suburbanites never answer unsolicited telephone calls from "anonymous," "out of area," "private caller" or even a local phone numb...
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Elgin man nothing like his role in old airline photoOct 23, 2014 5:00 am - As United Airlines' staff assistant to the station manager, Harold "Dick" Pottker remembers working that day in 1967 when a company photographer ducked into the supervis...