Burt Constable
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Bears' Knox gets top care, teen athletes not as luckyDec 18, 2011 11:00 pm - Watching the mad, hectic scramble for the latest costly fumble by inconsistent Chicago receiver Johnny Knox, disgusted Bears fans didn't grasp the real-life drama that t...
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Barrington anti-war couple reflect on Iraq's meaningDec 17, 2011 10:00 pm - By Burt Constable On May 1, 2003, just 23 days after a giddy American TV audience watched Saddam Hussein's statue topple in Baghdad, President George W. Bush wore a flig...
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Injured players behind Bears' star-studded fundraiserDec 10, 2011 10:00 pm - Paralyzed during a high-school football practice in 1999, Rob Komosa couldn't envision a night when the fledgling charity he helped start then would grow to host a star-...
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The cost and victims of Blago's crimesDec 06, 2011 11:00 pm - In laying a 14-year prison sentence on the mop-top head of impeached former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Judge James Zagel talked about how the stakes are higher in political c...
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As Cold War thaws, might Cuban cigar market heat up?Dec 06, 2011 4:30 am - Cuba is associated with many things — from our naval base in Guantanamo to Ernest Hemingway's second home, from Desi Arnaz to the Mambo Kings, from tasty pork sandwiches...
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Private pilots hope to rejuvenate the coolDec 04, 2011 5:45 am - The last time I flew in a small, single-engine plane, my wife was the pilot. Cheryl rented a plane, took off from Midway, flew up the Chicago lakefront, gave me a great ...
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Patients try take mystery out of pulmonary fibrosisDec 01, 2011 4:30 am - Disease is as deadly as breast cancer
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Suburbanites care for Nativity scenes with passionNov 28, 2011 10:00 pm - In the year 1223, St. Francis of Assisi was looking to spice up his Christmas Eve church service in the small town of Greccio, Italy. Moving his altar into a rocky niche...
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Another year of family memories to be thankful forNov 24, 2011 4:30 am - On Thanksgiving Day in 1995, my wife, Cheryl, gave birth to our twins sons, Ross and Ben. That remains my most joyous, most-memorable and only gravy-free Thanksgiving ev...
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Hoffman Estates man with Asperger's graduating magna cum laudeNov 22, 2011 4:00 am - Finding best use for abilities that stem from his disabilities