Burt Constable
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Thanksgivukkah open to latkes, gravy and MenurkeysNov 21, 2013 4:30 am - This year's rare convergence of the secular holiday of Thanksgiving with the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah should be good news for potato sales. It seems blasphemous to hos...
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Columnist pins down teenage thief, and he's not proud of itNov 19, 2013 4:00 am - Even before the cops arrive, I am wishing that I were somewhere else. The young thief I have pinned to the pavement is thinking the same thing, only more so. “Get off hi...
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Local doctor a cancer buster and carrom champNov 17, 2013 7:00 am - Lake County doctor's stress busters: cricket and carrom
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'Animal House' cast members plan suburban celebrationNov 14, 2013 4:30 am - Starring as "girl on stairs" in one of the hilarious scenes from "National Lampoon's Animal House," the former Judy Jacklin of Wheaton says her co-star and toga party da...
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11/12/13: Count on a lot of weddings todayNov 12, 2013 4:30 am - Today is 11/12/13 - a date that will live in fame for a day and then become as forgettable as the Oct. 11 of 2012. Today's date most certainly will fade in the spotlight...
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Arlington Heights fire victim's husband tells her storyNov 10, 2013 4:30 am - Looking forward to joining his wife for the next day's celebration of her mother's 63rd birthday, Aleksandr “Alex” Kandelis was at work Wednesday morning when Arlington ...
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Korean War vets sometimes feel like their service overlookedNov 09, 2013 10:00 pm - Aging members of “The Greatest Generation,” having stood up to evil while winning World War II, are in their final curtain call phase for this Veterans Day. The Vietnam ...
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'The Epic of Lou Bolchazy' a classic tale of vision, zest, funNov 07, 2013 4:30 am - Even if you only consider the literature, art, music, religion, culture and history made a millennium before the Renaissance, eccentric publisher Lou Bolchazy of Lake Ba...
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'Butterfly child' finds strength to live with skin disorderNov 02, 2013 11:00 pm - Her blue eyes twinkle as if they are powered by the smile spreading across the face of Caroline Provost as the 8-year-old Palatine girl ponders the list of things she'd ...
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Whether it's Halloween or life, stories provide the thrillsOct 30, 2013 11:00 pm - The lights in the grand, old Woodstock Opera House cast an orangish glow that reflects off Jim May's face as if he were settling in next to a crackling campfire to tell ...