Burt Constable
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Outage means updating Facebook by candlelightJul 12, 2011 12:00 am - When today's suburban parents were kids, a day without electricity was more adventure than catastrophe. Refrigerators didn't seem as full a generation ago. People ate wh...
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Story of 'raining fish' ends the way most fish tales doJul 11, 2011 12:00 am - People have been telling stories about fish and frogs falling from the sky during storms since ancient times. Portrayals by 17th Century artist Erasmus Francisci of fish...
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'So much cheese, so little time' for cheddar sculptorJul 09, 2011 12:00 am - Fine artists often dabble in many mediums before they find their true calling. “Cheese kind of found me,” says Sarah “The Cheese Lady” Kaufmann, the nationally recognize...
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Hanover Park tree-trimmer emerging as artistJul 07, 2011 12:00 am - His art was big and his apartment was small. So Raul Maldonado, who moved furniture for a living, walked into the Hanover Park Park District Community Center in June 200...
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Huntley couple battles window air conditioner banJul 02, 2011 12:00 am - Whenever oppressive heat waves hit during the four summers since they bought their lovely home in Huntley, Marilyn and Richard Webel always found relief by popping a sma...
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Man who lied about $17,021 proves human complexityJul 01, 2011 12:00 am - After Arlington Heights man found cash, he got caught between right and wrong
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Arlington Hts. man hailed for honesty charged with lying to copsJun 29, 2011 12:00 am - Rolling Meadows police charge and fine him
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Naperville woman led Blago jury, says verdict is justJun 27, 2011 12:00 am - In contrast to the circus atmosphere buzzing around the Rod Blagojevich corruption trial, the Naperville woman who headed the jury said she and her peers meticulously po...
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Fox Valley lawyer: Not all divorces have to be nastyJun 26, 2011 12:00 am - The most popular month for weddings, June also is the fertile garden for future divorces. When some of the marriages planted in the bliss of June are ready for the compo...
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Fermilab the site of rare butterfly releaseJun 22, 2011 12:00 am - Imperiled Butterfly Conservation sounds as if it would feature white-coated scientists conducting academic experiments while hovering around outrageously expensive, high...