Burt Constable
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It's not easy being poor, and 'Poor 101' educates suburbsOct 07, 2010 11:00 pm - You'd think being poor would come naturally, a skill you literally could pick up on the street. But just as the suburbs' nouveau riche must learn how to live among the u...
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What do we make of the possessions a loved one leaves?Oct 05, 2010 11:00 pm - I'm not sure how I ended up with my father's gold, V-neck, velour sweater from the 1970s, but my sentimental instincts resisted my wife's attempt to donate it to charity...
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Stray since '07, street dog trades ramblin' way for comfortOct 01, 2010 11:00 pm - By the time you read this, Rusty the stray dog probably will boast more friends on his alter-ego "Steve Arfenbarker" Facebook page than you have on yours. "Rusty first c...
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Hero 'knew what he was doing' when he gave his life for his teamOct 01, 2010 11:00 pm - A standout athlete at Wheaton North High School, Robert Miller was so passionate about one line from "Julius Caesar" that he had it printed on the back of his gymnastics...
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Mr. X earns rep by ripping poor, library and firefightersSep 29, 2010 11:00 pm - "It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight. Or it could be that his head wasn't screwed on just right. But I think that the most likely reason of all may have ...
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'Responsible fan,' rookie Ricketts eyes next year, centurySep 26, 2010 11:00 pm - On April 5th, minutes after his first game as the Chicago Cubs boss ended in an embarrassing 16-5 loss to the Atlanta Braves, rookie owner Tom Ricketts surveyed the carn...
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Weedless fall gardens? Newspapers have an app for thatSep 24, 2010 11:00 pm - On my first day in journalism school the professor ordered all of us students to write papers on "The Purpose of a Newspaper." We rolled some cheap paper into the manual...
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Abused as a girl, she returns to spot of her salvation to help othersSep 22, 2010 11:00 pm - After enduring every cruel word, every beating and every abuse that spewed from her drunken, violent stepfather, the little girl named Kathryn went to bed with a simple ...
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Resurgent bedbugs don't spread disease, just the williesSep 20, 2010 11:00 pm - The most common question overheard at the sold-out North American Bed Bug Summit summit starting today in Rosemont might just be, "How's your hotel?" Once relegated to t...
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Why can't airline seats be more like 'Superman' coaster?Sep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - The most exciting thing to come out of this week's Aircraft Interiors Expo-go ahead, let your imagination romp through the thrilling world of an entire convention devote...