Burt Constable
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Climate debate heats up as local gardeners change plantsMay 23, 2012 11:00 pm - Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does it today without ticking off somebody. The Heartland Institute put up billboards prior to its climate-change conferen...
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NATO, Cubs stressful? Try soccer in Mexican murder capitalMay 21, 2012 11:00 pm - Those NATO clashes between protesters and cops, and a Cubs losing streak, create stress for some of us. But it's nothing like the stressful time Mundelein native Robert ...
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Libertyville native a military strategist at NATO summitMay 19, 2012 11:00 pm - Some youngsters in Libertyville boast backyard basketball courts, hockey nets, soccer goals, skateboard ramps, those pitch-back nets for baseball or even a swimming pool...
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Mother's Day only adds to this mom's burdensMay 16, 2012 11:00 pm - Still grieving after the shocking death of her college honor student daughter, a 50-year-old DuPage County mother of seven and grandmother of eight knew going into Mothe...
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Medical corpsman still trying to heal Vietnam warriors' scarsMay 14, 2012 11:00 pm - Veteran's play to help raise funds for suburban shelter for homeless veterans
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Tragedy transforms Willowbrook mom from 188 pounds to triathleteMay 13, 2012 7:45 am - A skinny girl who grew up in Lombard and Westmont and played three varsity sports in high school, Patti Saltiel says she didn't even realize she had grown into a 188-pou...
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U.S. ranks 25th as place for moms, but Sunday they're all No. 1May 10, 2012 5:00 am - No one says it's easy being a mom. Especially in this country. In a 2012 world ranking of the best place to be a mom, the United States doesn't merit a gold medal, a si...
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Dancing just a memory, but couple whirl in Hospice DreamMay 07, 2012 11:00 pm - If this were 70 years ago, Dick Milano and Milly Cleveland certainly would have answered the call of the jitterbug. A couple of hep cats back in the day, they cut a rug ...
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Once homeless, man is on his own with the right helpMay 05, 2012 11:00 pm - Jobless, divorced, alone, sick, heavily medicated and with a history of homelessness, strokes, mental illness and suicide attempts, lifelong suburbanite Chris Hradisky w...
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Ecologists keep tiny Buffalo Grove prairie from becoming historyMay 02, 2012 11:00 pm - Now the subject of an exhibit in a suburban history museum, a prairie in Buffalo Grove almost became history itself a generation ago when strip malls and housing develop...