Burt Constable
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Today, suburban mothers of slain children still mournMay 08, 2011 12:00 am - Naperville mother Pat Shanower doesn’t need today’s holiday to remind her what Osama bin Laden took from her when a hijacked jet crashed into the Pentagon and killed her...
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Illinois the epicenter of national debate about gun controlMay 03, 2011 11:00 pm - Type the word “Illinois” into any Internet search engine for news and the stories that pop up depress us — high gas prices, flooding, the corruption retrial of one of ou...
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Religion, history, sports part of Osama bin Laden coverageMay 02, 2011 2:00 am - On the 66th anniversary of the announcement of the death of Adolf Hitler, President Obama told the world that an elite team of CIA officers and Navy SEALs put a bullet i...
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Arlington Hts. father-son bonds twist in winds of lifeMay 01, 2011 12:00 am - Visit a maternity ward on any day in any suburban hospital and you can spot the gleam in a new father's eyes as he proudly points to his son on the other side of the gla...
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Billboards pit rat vs. girl in life-and-death struggleApr 27, 2011 12:00 am - The founder of PETA once famously suggested that, “A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy.” But new billboards that popped up in Palatine, Elk Grove Village, Northbrook, Wood ...
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Nothing brings out neighborliness like a cat up a treeApr 26, 2011 12:00 am - It's after midnight on a school night and my wife is near the top of a 16-foot ladder leaning against a tree and using a neighbor's long pole to lower the roll of duct t...
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Local biker with disability joins cross-country TV journeyApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - As soon as she sees her fellow participants in a TV adventure series featuring people with disabilities riding a bicycle across the United States, Dianne Jones can’t hel...
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Stakes the same, but Blago buzz has fadedApr 20, 2011 12:00 am - The retrial on Rod Blagojevich feels like a second wedding. The legal ramifications are the same as in that first corruption trial, but the show seems much more modest. ...
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Rules for officeholders go beyond 'Don't sell Senate seat'Apr 18, 2011 12:00 am - Seminars can help politicians from running afoul of the law
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Opa! 15 years of Passover Seder at Greek-owned eateryApr 15, 2011 2:00 am - You call your customers “family,” and they'll eventually ask you to host the big holiday dinner at your place — even when you are a Greek Orthodox Christian restaurateur...