Burt Constable
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Constable: Teens eclipse expectations for observatoryOct 21, 2014 5:30 am - Spying the rings of Saturn through the main telescope certainly inspires viewers, but the appreciation for the awesomeness of our galaxy begins on the ground outside Har...
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Flight attendants helped to ground sex discriminationOct 18, 2014 11:00 pm - Dedicated to protecting the safety of others, Lake Barrington's Shari Worrell once performed mouth-to-mouth to save a man's life. Another time, she used a pair of earpho...
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Bone-chilling cold can't curb parade of dogsOct 18, 2014 1:01 am - Dogs dominate costume contest in Mount Prospect
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Constable: Suburban hospitals prepare for Ebola, worry about fluOct 16, 2014 5:30 am - A second health care worker in Texas contracts Ebola, and we grow scared it will show up in the suburbs. Fear, especially in our post-Sept. 11 world, makes things happen...
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Constable: Mt. Prospect family's history of hardship starts in SiberiaOct 11, 2014 11:00 pm - Ignoring the aches in her shoulders, smiling Val Schacht wraps her arms around her 22-year-old son's twisted body and hoists him to his feet. Maneuvering Ryan's 135-poun...
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Constable: Who's the best suburban grocery bagger?Oct 09, 2014 5:30 am - Just as vast parking lots eroded the typical suburbanite's ability to parallel park, ubiquitous plastic bags threaten our packing acumen. Many of us buy 16 items and wad...
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Constable: Maine South grad's work links sense of smell, deathOct 07, 2014 5:30 am - The predictor of when you will die isn't right under your nose. It is your nose. “The sense of smell is like the canary in the coal mine,” says Dr. Jayant Pinto, a 1988 ...
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Lombard cancer patient counsels others on living with the diagnosisOct 05, 2014 7:00 am - The calendar marks Oct. 20 as the 15th anniversary of when Gary Grieger was told his non-Hodgkin lymphoma probably was going to kill him. Reminders of how close the fath...
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Leaves just starting to turn, but Santa getting preppedOct 02, 2014 5:30 am - Having just bought presents for his young niece and newborn nephew, Raymond Krassel strides toward the parking lot of Oakbrook Center when he answers the call for help. ...
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Jews observe High Holy Days in Catholic churchSep 30, 2014 5:30 am - The trickiest part about hosting Beth Tikvah's Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur in the sanctuary of the Holy Family Catholic Church in Inverness is finding a discreet and se...