Burt Constable
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Prospect Heights man reinvents play while living out of his vanMay 20, 2013 11:00 pm - The revolutionary concept of seeing the lead character in Tennessee William's classic "The Glass Menagerie" as a homeless man came to creator Hans Fleischmann appropriat...
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Cary businessman turned war's terrors into artMay 18, 2013 11:00 pm - Spending most of 1968 fighting the war in Vietnam remains a service Michael J. Duffy voluntarily did for his country. The art inspired by those emotional memories, howev...
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Little stinkers usher in suburban skunk seasonMay 16, 2013 5:15 am - The mere rumor of a mountain lion sighting in the suburbs merits front-page news. Pet owners fret about coyotes and birds of prey. But what's worse than having a skunk l...
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With these temperature swings, only strong flowers surviveMay 14, 2013 5:15 am - If you feel stressed going straight from cranking up the heat to turning on the air-conditioning, imagine how all those Mother's Day gift plants feel. Pity the poor petu...
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It took a team to save this baby and his momMay 11, 2013 11:00 pm - As a pregnant teenager, Sofia Espinoza lugged her backpack and extra weight up and down the stairs at Addison Trail High School. She took advantage of pregnancy advice f...
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Wheeling neighborhood grieves for slain bystanderMay 09, 2013 5:00 am - The sky is just as blue as it was on the last day of Rafael Orozco's life. The grass might be an even brighter green. And Gizmo, Orozco's muscular pit bull the color of ...
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Reality TV date show doesn't alter single mom's prioritiesMay 07, 2013 5:00 am - You rocket out of the dating scene for a couple of decades, and re-entry is tricky. "It's almost like I was in a coma and woke up and dating had changed. You go from me...
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Triple amputee wants Boston victims to know it gets betterMay 05, 2013 8:00 am - The emotional impact of last month's bomb blasts in Boston that killed three, wounded 264 and severed limbs from more than a dozen victims still reverberates in suburban...
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Barrington doodler could see her art on Google homepageMay 02, 2013 5:00 am - A good student, 13-year-old Meg Mehta of South Barrington has a habit that used to cause her woe. “She's gotten in trouble before for doodling,” admits her mom, Tory Meh...
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Deadlier than murders and car crashes, suicide is often a secretApr 30, 2013 5:00 am - Nearly every day we see stories about some heinous murder or a tragic auto fatality. They remind us to take precautions to protect ourselves and our kids from such mayhe...