Burt Constable
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Courtroom is ground zero for Blago woes, but 'human fallout' takes tollAug 18, 2010 11:00 pm - All of that righteous "I didn't let you down," "working hard for the people of Illinois" and fighting "for the right to be able to do your job" bluster that spews from t...
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Feisty Blago suppresses urge for victory paradeAug 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Blago, we wish we knew how to quit you. Knowing his legal woes were on the horizon, Illinois voters couldn't send Blago away. The U.S. government, hoping to put Blago aw...
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The most amazing, life-loving, people person I ever knewAug 16, 2010 11:00 pm - My little brother is dead. I was at Bill's bedside with our mother and sisters when he took his last breath, and I still can't grasp the reality that my little brother i...
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Murder suspect looked, quacked like a duck, but wasn't the duckAug 04, 2010 11:00 pm - As liberal and open-minded as I strive to be, I still had to repeat the mantra "innocent until proven guilty" when I first wrote about the murder suspect in the horrifyi...
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Cynics must remember not all politicians are crooks, even in IllinoisAug 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Today could be the day a jury decides if our 40th governor is guilty of 24 felony corruption counts. Meanwhile, our 39th governor continues to pass time in a federal pen...
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The part of the wild and wacky Blago will be played by silenceJul 21, 2010 11:00 pm - At 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, an hour before the sun is up, 74-year-old Liz Francisco of Algonquin slips into her car for the first leg of her pilgrimage to see former Gov. Ro...
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Waiting for Blago in courthouse of the absurdJul 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Nothing to be done. We wait. We are bored. We can't go. We are waiting for Blago. Impeached, indicted and incessantly reminding people that he craves his chance to tell ...
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Junior athletes who inspire 'Use what you've got'Jul 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Having never been able to walk, 17-year-old Kelsey Haase matter-of-factly is explaining how she uses a special chair and remarkable upper-body strength and coordination ...
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3 teens with clean records face felony burglary chargesJul 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Three 17-year-olds about to start their senior years at Conant High School in Hoffman were released from jail Saturday after posting $1,000 bail each on felony burglary ...
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Exxxtacy's 'Girls of Scandal' put the miss in mistressJul 16, 2010 11:00 pm - It's just as well that the "Girls of the Hottest Scandals of 2010" are running late and don't show up at the Exxxtacy convention in Rosemont until after my deadline. Thi...