Burt Constable
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Running with bulls annual reminder of suburban tragedyJul 09, 2014 1:00 am - Every July, we are subjected to a stream of chaotic video clips, news stories, jokes and mean barbs about the weeklong "running with the bulls" in Pamplona, Spain. Dur...
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Why we don't see lightning bugs in the suburbsJul 07, 2014 1:00 am - Our suburban night skies give us dazzling light shows. Public fireworks grow more spectacular each July 4. Illegal backyard explosives also seem more plentiful and grand...
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Anime Midwest in Rosemont home to the fantasticalJul 06, 2014 7:00 am - At this weekend's Anime Midwest convention in Rosemont, Lisle resident Kamal Khan towers above the grade-school boys dressed in Pokemon costumes, the sword-wielding toug...
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World Cup fandom that's beyond rose-colored glassesJul 01, 2014 4:30 am - The success and hopes for the U.S. soccer team have Americans seeing the World Cup through new eyes this time around. But will any fans see today's match against Belgium...
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Barrington swimmer helps others achieve dreamsJun 28, 2014 11:00 pm - Master Swimmer Don Macdonald knows in his heart that he would be gearing up to swim the English Channel if not for a cardiac arrhythmia that very nearly killed him. Lear...
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Gambling U.S. soccer fans put money where mouth isJun 26, 2014 5:30 am - You know a sport has arrived when people are willing to gamble on it in record numbers. “Globally, the World Cup is bigger than the Super Bowl and March Madness,” says ...
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Foster kids finally find love, family with their two dadsJun 22, 2014 7:00 am - Braiden and Michael Neubecker know that their parents will make them cocoa every time it snows. The sister and brother look forward to simple road trips and those grand ...
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When contest fails, friends come through for disabled Schaumburg childJun 19, 2014 5:30 am - The Fulkerson family of Schaumburg lost. And that defeat turned into something far richer. When Jeff and Stacy Fulkerson entered the National Mobility Awareness Month co...
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World Cup won't be mocked among fans in SchaumburgJun 17, 2014 5:00 am - At the start of the 1994 World Cup, I wrote a snarky, jingoistic, front-page column mocking soccer as "cross-country with a ball." I voiced surprise that there were team...
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Being a good dad may start with a Band-Aid, suburban father saysJun 15, 2014 7:45 am - Having researched, studied and practiced proven, long-term strategies in pursuit of molding better dads, fatherhood guru David Hirsch of Barrington still has a soft spot...