Burt Constable
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Can babies be ugly? (There's no photo evidence in my case)Sep 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Like you, I know a couple who recently had one of those beautiful babies. Cubicles near me sport framed photos of adorable, smiling bundles of joy, wrapped in pink or bl...
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As TV anchor and dancer, she lived 'in the moment'Sep 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Sitting in the family living room where vibrant Kelly Meloney died, her loved ones weep at their loss even as they laugh at memories of the daughter, sister and friend w...
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Only thing we have to fear is ... a long and often illogical listSep 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Fear is a fleeting thing. In the wake of events nine years ago today, some office workers in the Sears Tower bought parachutes. People in suburban office buildings eyed ...
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Handwriting on the wall for cursive? Teachers say, 'No'Sep 08, 2010 11:00 pm - It was harsh news to lay on an 8-year-old. At the desk next to mine, Lynne Garing's cursive-writing exercise boasted an unbroken, uniform series of loops that looked lik...
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Turn page on Iraq, but don't forget fiction of this warAug 31, 2010 11:00 pm - Our war in Iraq, once prematurely celebrated with jingoistic images of victorious statue-topplings and "Mission Accomplished" boasts, ended not with a whimper, but with ...
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Golden in the eye of the beholder for Blago auction folksAug 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Caught up in the moment, J.R. Bramlett bid $20,000 for a life-size Elvis statue owned by Rod Blagojevich - and fell short of the winning bid by just $500. Now he has the...
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Digital age gives us photos, photos everywhereAug 27, 2010 11:00 pm - The online social media sites this week boasted countless photographs of suburban kids on their first days of school. Image after image of the offspring of dear friends ...
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In the wake of Sept. 11, a push to pay it forwardAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - While our nation was reeling in the days after the shocking attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Navy reservist Will Beiersdorf was pulled out of his civilian life in Arlington He...
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Left-behind fans may envy 'Sweet Lou'Aug 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Retired Cubs manager Lou Piniella and I are a lot alike. We both shed tears Sunday at Wrigley. Sweet Lou wipes his eyes as he walks off the field, tips his hat to the ch...
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Family sounds alarm before fire spreads at Gurnee buildingAug 21, 2010 11:00 pm - The Moon family had just pulled away from home on their way to a Friday night gathering when Ben Moon spotted smoke coming from a six-story condominium across the street...