Burt Constable
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Social media gives dog his day … and booming businessOct 28, 2013 10:00 am - With plenty of 20th Century businesses still struggling to find the formula for success in this dog-eat-dog economy of the 21st Century, Manny the Frenchie is booming. T...
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Elgin native and friends seek evidence for ghost storiesOct 27, 2013 7:00 am - Moments before the clock strikes 12 at White Cemetery near Barrington, two figures suddenly appear in the shadows of a baggy-fendered old Chevy blocking the burial groun...
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Barrington English teacher recalls 'Divergent' authorOct 22, 2013 5:30 am - Eight years ago, Veronica Roth was a teenage girl who thrived as a junior in Barrington High School's AP English and The Interrelated Arts class. The class used literatu...
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Naperville woman masters art of adaptingOct 19, 2013 11:00 pm - Paintings pack the studio walls, shelves and desks in the Naperville apartment of professional artist Mariam Paré. A couple dozen of her “chewed up” paintbrushes lie nex...
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The Internet thinks it knows you, but is it right?Oct 17, 2013 5:15 am - I am not the man the Internet thinks I am. For a guy who gets my name and mug shot in the newspaper and writes columns about myself and my family from time to time, I r...
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Do 8 p.m. store openings mean Thanksgiving's dead?Oct 15, 2013 5:15 am - In the span of a single voice mail, the woman's voice clears every emotional stage. She starts with disbelief and anger and moves to desperation and sadness before reach...
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Bartlett family finds Mensa unstuffy funOct 13, 2013 8:00 am - If you are at a costume party and chuckle knowingly at the couple dressed like sheep, with one covered in ants and the other sporting a toad clutching a ream of paper, y...
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Star Cub Andy Pafko was a Mount Prospect legend, tooOct 10, 2013 5:30 am - One of the last links between the Chicago Cubs and the World Series is gone. Andy Pafko, the star center fielder for the last Cubs team to play in a World Series, died T...
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Roselle chimney sweeps renew vows atop Willis TowerOct 08, 2013 4:00 pm - The world has changed for Roselle master chimney sweeps David and Dee Stoll since their wedding on Oct. 8, 1978, atop the Sears Tower, then the planet's tallest building...
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War hero doc from Naperville goes from Iraq to 'Untold Stories of the ER'Oct 06, 2013 5:30 am - 'You have to treat everybody' Whether serving in Iraq or working in ER, Naperville doc stays cool, collected