Burt Constable
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Trauma therapy dogs help suburban teens with test angstJan 15, 2013 4:30 am - We all know about the healing power of a dog. In the days after the horrific school shooting in Newtown, Conn., a group of seven golden retrievers and their handlers fr...
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Bartlett native's cancer motivates her life, her workJan 12, 2013 10:00 pm - Before it became her inspiration for a rich life filled with joy, friends and a mission, cancer waged a cruel and unrelenting battle against Colleen McGrath and the peop...
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Reality of lengthy prison terms robs crimes of romanceJan 10, 2013 4:00 am - In September of 2009 when Robert Maday somehow escaped from two armed guards and surprisingly eluded police during a manhunt that spanned two days and several suburbs, t...
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Society leads on gay-rights issues while 'leaders' dawdleJan 08, 2013 4:30 am - Watching the movie "Lincoln," you see how President Abraham Lincoln took it upon himself to lead a wary nation and drag hesitant and timid lame-duck legislators into pas...
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History offers fresh perspective on Notre Dame vs. 'BamaJan 05, 2013 10:00 pm - In college football, no school wakes the echoes, shakes down the thunder and inflames the passions like the University of Notre Dame. When Notre Dame plays Monday night ...
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Daily Herald's holiday toy drive amazes benefactorDec 26, 2012 10:00 pm - Daily Herald Hope for the Holidays raised more than $30,000 for WINGS
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With help of charity, homeless family finds 'the road home'Dec 24, 2012 10:00 pm - Last year, as she and her six kids celebrated Christmas in the car where they had been living for weeks, “my daughter and my older son started to cry, and I cried,” the ...
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Parents struggle to control Buffalo Grove 12-year-old's violenceDec 22, 2012 10:00 pm - The goal of this 12-year-old boy's solitaire card game is to flip over a card and find some way to make it fit into the cards already stacked in orderly lines. “It's cal...
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Looking for Revelation as world ends? This guy nails itDec 19, 2012 10:00 pm - If you find yourself spending Friday's mystical date of 12/21/12 cursing the Mayans, dodging thunderbolts and trying to evade one of those evil seven-headed beasts presi...
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Why aren't guns regulated as much as driving?Dec 18, 2012 4:30 am - Before driving to the funerals of their children gunned down in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut, those grieving parents must adhere to a long li...