Burt Constable
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Champagne and caviar, heels and late nights: It's this Mount Prospect mom's jobMay 18, 2014 8:00 am - When May is rainy and cold, even Facebook can be a dreary place. Photos of snow blocking the street gave way to photos of backyard flooding before being replaced by new ...
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What happens in elevators doesn't stay in elevatorsMay 15, 2014 5:30 am - When Elisha Graves Otis sold his first elevator in 1853, he couldn't envision that his product would become the setting for viral videos of celebrity spats. This week's ...
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16 lives lost, but Everest still callsMay 13, 2014 5:30 am - Suburban man's climb canceled amid tragedy
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Perfect Mother's Day gift? How about a breast-milk bankMay 10, 2014 11:00 pm - The suburbs have plenty of reasons to celebrate breast-feeding this Mother's Day. The suburbs are home to a mom who donated more than 127 gallons of her breast milk to s...
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No last-second shopping when your mom's name is LoisMay 08, 2014 5:30 am - It's not that I really want to buy my 87-year-old mom a bicycle license plate with her first name on it for Mother's Day. But, after five decades of trying to come up wi...
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Regardless of Sox outcome, Cubs 'changed the world'May 06, 2014 5:00 am - Trying to avoid last place and facing an uphill crosstown battle against the merely mediocre White Sox this week, the Cubs are so much more than that. “The Cubs have sha...
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Lake Barrington woman seeks medal for relativeMay 03, 2014 11:00 pm - Persuading the White House to dole out a 2014 Presidential Citizens Medal to a guy who made a name for himself in the 1800s selling seeds and sowing good deeds may seem ...
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Good deeds scavenger hunt honors Sadie's short lifeMay 01, 2014 5:30 am - Eating lunch Tuesday on what would have been their daughter Sadie's fourth birthday, Cathy and Adin McCann let the tears come. There is no stopping the sorrow for what t...
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Local Muslims pursue happiness in viral dance videoApr 29, 2014 5:15 am - The simple question "Did you see that Muslim video on YouTube?" often generates anxiety among local Muslims. "I think people's thoughts automatically go to extremes and ...
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How Holocaust shaped lives, friendship of two Lombard menApr 27, 2014 8:00 am - As residents of the Beacon Hill senior living community in Lombard, Eric Blaustein and Charles Luner built a friendship on a foundation of one of history's darkest horro...