Burt Constable
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Why citizenship matters to Lake Zurich man, 93Nov 17, 2012 10:00 pm - Ask Romanian immigrant Steve Auer if he remembers how he got to this country so long ago, and the Lake Zurich man nods. “Columbus,” Auer says. That was the name of the s...
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Cutler hurt in close loss, but no close shaves in 'Movember'Nov 12, 2012 10:00 pm - The concussion-inducing wallop delivered by Texans linebacker Tim Dobbins knocked the Bears quarterback Jay Cutler out of the game, out of his Monday radio show and mayb...
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World War II vets want to expand Honor FlightsNov 10, 2012 10:00 pm - Already a volunteer with the USO that assists our military, Palatine's Jody Kopsky signed up in 2009 to be a guardian on an Honor Flight trip for aging World War II vete...
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Veterans honored at Arlington Heights breakfastNov 10, 2012 10:52 am - World War II veteran Leonard Zaehler of Prospect Heights smiled when he discovered the cake at the Veterans Day breakfast in Arlington Heights was for a birthday celebra...
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End of world? Nirvana? Time to let political anger goNov 07, 2012 10:00 pm - As Facebook gets back to the business of spreading hilarious cat videos, inspirational posters, endless updates on fantastic kids, opinions on chocolate and the ongoing ...
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The mood at McCormick Place: Jubilation, reliefNov 06, 2012 5:00 am - In 2008, Barack Obama's election night rally under clear skies on an unseasonably warm night in Chicago's Grant Park turned into an emotion-packed jubilation with more t...
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A lesson that you're never too old to get out the voteNov 03, 2012 11:00 pm - In a bustling CREDO SuperPAC suburban office under the direction of a 23-year-old supervisor, volunteer Ruth Farnham dons a headset, clutches her cellphone, waits for he...
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Is hurricane-free Midwest safer even with our tornadoes?Oct 31, 2012 11:00 pm - Cranking the heat to take the chill off a raw Halloween night, we suburbanites absorb all that horrifying news of Hurricane Sandy's blast on the East Coast from the safe...
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Goodwill stores turn sentiment into costumesOct 29, 2012 11:00 pm - For most of the year, those Goodwill Store & Donation Centers throughout the suburbs bring to mind one word - dignity. The organization was born in a church basement in ...
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Harper students provide realistic look at domestic violenceOct 28, 2012 1:00 pm - When he became a police officer in 1972, Michael B. Alsup didn't receive much formal training about domestic violence. “Back then it was called wife-beating,” says Alsup...