Burt Constable
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Tebow's benediction, Eli's 'Hail Mary' and Ali's birthdayJan 16, 2012 10:00 pm - When Tim Tebow's 80-yard touchdown pass in overtime gave his Denver Broncos a miraculous upset playoff victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, some people considered Tebow...
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Junior forms special-needs cheerleading squadJan 15, 2012 6:30 am - A single bad apple, a misguided heckle or one harsh word would have echoed through the hushed gym and ruined the moment that so many people had worked so hard to reach. ...
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Breaking New Year's resolution may be step on right pathJan 11, 2012 10:00 pm - I can't recall if Dad had a cigarette in his hand on the worst day of my childhood. I remember Uncle Don on the straw floor of our barn writhing in pain from the burst a...
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Now is the winter of our snowless, 50-degree contentmentJan 09, 2012 10:00 pm - This Chicago “winter” with snowless, 50-degree days in January has me as giddy as a Cubs fan after a three-game winning streak in April. Surely, nothing can derail my un...
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'Family' for dying woman is a Barrington churchJan 08, 2012 4:30 am - Living alone in a gated community with no close relatives, given a few months to live and unable to speak after the surgery to remove her cancerous larynx, Barbara “Bobb...
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Leader of Waukegan murder investigation defends police workJan 08, 2012 4:30 am - In overruling the Lake County murder conviction of Juan Rivera and essentially freeing him from prison after 19 years, the Illinois Appellate Court harshly criticized th...
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Wood Dale man uses iPhone to meet underage girl for sex, officials sayJan 06, 2012 11:00 pm - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Geneva teacher writes first 'flash fiction' bookJan 04, 2012 10:00 pm - If author Rick Holinger were writing this column, I think he would start with the story of his epiphany. The one that came to him late on a cold January night four decad...
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Mysterious gold-coin benefactor says he's blessedDec 25, 2011 4:30 am - German immigrant says he's repaying kindness from when he was poor
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Soldier will meet daughter on Christmas EveDec 21, 2011 10:00 pm - Carol Stream native watched birth via laptop in Iraq