Burt Constable
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Seems that hopey, changey stuff had 2010 expiration dateNov 03, 2010 11:00 pm - On Jan. 20, 2009, President Barack Obama and the Democrats took office from George W. Bush and the Republicans by riding a wave of hope and change fueled by inspired vot...
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Judicial ballot asks for a yes or no answerOct 31, 2010 11:00 pm - Some people relish the idea of voting against a candidate. The TV ads bombard us with negative portrayals of candidates. You're angry and you're not going to take it any...
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Holiday tricky for Halloween-impairedOct 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Halloween, like dancing, learning a foreign language or throwing a curveball, always has been one of those things I feel as if I should be able to do naturally, almost e...
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Nearly drowned fisherman resurfacesOct 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Taking a last gasp of air as he tried to escape out a broken window of his sinking fishing boat, Capt. Jason Lee was stuck. His lifejacket caught on something. Gazing up...
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Stink bug enters political frayOct 21, 2010 11:00 pm - You smell that? Do you smell that? Political ads, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I hate the smell of political ads in an election. We can't turn on the...
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Boomers need a new tune so kids can make own musicOct 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Why talk about the just-published music book pitting The Beatles (first album in 1963) vs. The Rolling Stones (first album in 1964), when November gives us new albums to...
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After 3 years as stray, Rusty finds home in people's heartsOct 17, 2010 11:00 pm - As an old dog who talked to people face-to-face, wrote notes by hand and pounded out my first newspaper stories on a typewriter, I've learned the new tricks of web searc...
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Hero pilot out to save more lives in his fight against cancerOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - If brain cancer patient Denny Fitch of St. Charles ever wonders whether he can cheat death, all he has to do is look at the old news coverage of United Flight 232's fier...
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Voters may be apathetic, but newest election judges pumpedOct 12, 2010 11:00 pm - We live in a state where voter apathy has become the stepchild of political corruption. Already weary voters are subjected to an onslaught of cynical, negative political...
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Columbus legacy adrift in the suburban seaOct 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Many suburbanites slept in Monday as the perfect extension of a gloriously beautiful fall weekend. Others answered early alarms, grumbled all the way to work and wondere...