Burt Constable
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Sure of wife choice, guys still fret about engagement ringFeb 07, 2013 4:00 am - When superstar performing artist Justin Timberlake asked actress Jessica Biel to be his wife, he presented her with a custom-made diamond engagement ring he designed him...
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Suburbs rise, join billion dancing women to change worldFeb 05, 2013 4:30 am - Flowers? Chocolate? Jewelry? Red, itchy lingerie with snaps, lace and underwires? Maybe what women really want for Valentine's Day is an end to abuse and oppression and...
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Hawthorn Woods man preserving historyFeb 02, 2013 10:00 pm - As a boy growing up in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Jim Dryden was thrilled when he was given a couple of swords and a helmet that his uncles in the military brou...
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Girls add to growth of robotics competitionFeb 01, 2013 1:15 pm - Just a few short years ago, the opening recording of a woman's voice singing “The Star Spangled Banner” might have been the most prominent female presence at Saturday's ...
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Mom 86s fear of our family's fatal birthday curseJan 31, 2013 4:15 am - My sisters, Sally and Nancy, and I assured Mom that our family has no deadly 86th-birthday curse. Mom, an intelligent, well-read, modern woman, knows the idea of a curse...
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Elk Grove teen's idea blossoms into pizza for 488,000 troopsJan 27, 2013 7:00 am - The idea to send a few pizzas to soldiers serving overseas came from his teenage son in 2008 during dinner in their Elk Grove Village home. But the seed for Mark Evans' ...
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Local students win money for duck calls, aluminumJan 24, 2013 4:00 am - Suburban businesses offer scholarships for odd projects
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Local wildlife refuge grows from grass-roots passionJan 22, 2013 4:30 am - The giddy celebration for local folks came earlier this month on a warm, sun-kissed day at the nation's first wildlife refuge on Florida's Pelican Island. Adding a plank...
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Wimpy winter teaches Plainfield teens cold facts of businessJan 19, 2013 10:00 pm - Shovel Boys cleaned up in 2011, but now idle
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Tie that binds Lincoln, Marx, Sinatra and Magilla GorillaJan 17, 2013 4:30 am - The one fashion accessory that President Barack Obama seems certain to sport at one of Monday's inauguration balls is the same one favored by Abraham Lincoln and other p...