Burt Constable
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Gadhafi set to resurface as Halloween costumeOct 24, 2011 11:00 pm - The weekend's news out of Libya sends me on a pilgrimage to the basement, where a musty corner reveals a plastic bin packed away in the 1980s and marked “Burt's stuff.” ...
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Capone relative who lived in Bensenville tell of his softer sideOct 23, 2011 12:00 am - Hurt, petrified and unable to even draw a breath, the girl looked up and into the blue eyes of Al Capone, America's most infamous gangster. Capone lifted her off the gro...
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Chicago gives us rate hikes; we give city ChristmasOct 20, 2011 5:45 am - The symbiotic relationship between the suburbs and Chicago always has been rocky. For starters, the city sports teams always have treated the suburbs as a mistress. The...
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Heart transplant gives doctor second chance, first novelOct 17, 2011 12:00 am - Possessing a bright mind, a keen understanding of science and a love of history and the written word, Theodore Morrison Homa always had a goal to write a novel. To give ...
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Fairy tale ending for Rusty, the stray dog of Oak BrookOct 16, 2011 7:30 am - Rusty, the plucky stray dog who eluded authorities and captured hearts during his wild years in Oak Brook, has found a home in Utah. While some of Rusty's fans flood th...
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Area men develop website to sample indie bandsOct 13, 2011 6:00 am - In an economy where most recent college graduates are satisfied, even thrilled, to be employed, lifelong friends Dan Arwady and Jim Skuros kept thinking about the next b...
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Science that spawned 'Octomom' can't always deliverOct 10, 2011 12:00 am - Childless couple shares story of pain, hope
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Mabley Center is 'home' to disabled, but many want it to closeOct 09, 2011 12:00 am - Legendary newspaperman Jack Mabley's heart-wrenching columns in the 1950s, exposing a state-run “hellhole,” where human beings were covered in feces, bathed with hoses a...
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Triathlon leaves 74-year-old in good shape for marathonOct 06, 2011 5:00 am - An athlete since childhood, Bob Oury was in his 40s when he heard about this new competition. “Somebody said there was a triathlon, and I said, ‘What's that?' They said,...
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Ever notice your commute lasts longer than Rooney's career?Oct 03, 2011 12:00 am - Typical suburbanite spends 71 hours a year sitting in traffic