Burt Constable
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Historic vacant home burns to ground in MundeleinAug 20, 2011 12:00 am - A century-old house in Mundelein burned to the ground early Saturday. The two-story wood frame home at 20951 Rt. 83 had been vacant for several years and was slated to b...
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Barrington Hills man charged with escape from hospitalAug 20, 2011 12:00 am - A Barrington Hills man stopped for a traffic violation and in need of medical treatment faces felony charges after he concocted an elaborate ruse to flee the hospital, a...
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Schaumburg Borders' closing is a wake with bargainsAug 18, 2011 12:00 am - This must have been how it was a century ago when horse-and-buggy enthusiasts flocked around the closing blacksmith shop to pay their respects to the widow and snatch up...
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Where can a mentally ill 12-year-old mom find a home?Aug 14, 2011 12:00 am - Maryville offers help through Casa Imani in Bartlett
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Their creed means seeing the positive everywhereAug 10, 2011 12:00 am - Each stock drop is like a dagger plunging into the savings of people lucky enough to have savings. The deadliest day in our decade-long war in Afghanistan delivers 30 bo...
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Memorials for Lincoln, soldiers, my brother tell us what we hadAug 08, 2011 12:00 am - Trekking to the Lincoln Memorial on the first sticky, steamy night of our family vacation in Washington, D.C., we soak up the emotion and power of this special monument....
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A baby girl's death sparks a growing charity for othersJul 24, 2011 12:00 am - Expecting their first baby in the spring of 2004, Mike and Tiffani Haught of Gilberts received the bad news during a February ultrasound 20 weeks into the pregnancy. “Th...
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Thousands line up in hope of something better at casinoJul 18, 2011 12:00 am - Monday’s 11 a.m. grand opening of the state’s newest casino in Des Plaines has a Statue of Liberty feel to it. A variety of us folks of various ages with different skin ...
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Summers of simple play a distant memory in suburbsJul 17, 2011 12:00 am - In a month blessed with gorgeous days of blue skies and gentle breezes, suburban office workers imagine just how great it would be to be a kid in the summer with nothing...
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Storm spawns mysterious fish in drivewaysJul 14, 2011 12:00 am - The wackiest stories to come out of Monday's storm revolve around the mystery of how fish ended up on suburban driveways. When a Stevenson High School senior on Monday s...