Burt Constable
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On death's doorstep, woman does U-turn with her bearJul 14, 2010 11:00 pm - All the evidence suggested that 88-year-old Mary Tanaka wouldn't be receiving hospice care much longer. On a scale of 0 to 100 percent, with 0 being death, the frail, in...
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'Cubs Killer' writes book about Cubs' 2010 championshipJul 12, 2010 11:00 pm - As a hustling, clutch ballplayer throughout the 1980s and '90s for the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates, Andy Van Slyke did everything he could to keep the Cub...
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Semipro football players inducted into the Hall of FameJul 07, 2010 11:00 pm - While money often dominates today's discussions about professional athletes, the payday was never the payoff for the legends of semipro football. "The only money I ever ...
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Falling like phone booths, blue mailboxes still deliverJul 07, 2010 11:00 pm - From the woolly milkweed and Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid to Blanding's turtle and the piping plover, the suburbs are home to dozens of endangered species worth protec...
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Kids' independence explodes onto Independence Day sceneJul 05, 2010 11:00 pm - The booms still rattle our rib cages. We still ooh at those fireworks that cascade across the heavens. We continue to ahh at the rockets that whistle and dart above the ...
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Compassion a two-way street at annual Muslim conventionJul 02, 2010 11:00 pm - An estimated 30,000 Muslims from across the continent are expected to meet in Rosemont this weekend for an annual convention that promises to focus on compassion. But wi...
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Forget heaven and earth, move Oprah and Akron for LeBronJun 29, 2010 11:00 pm - As we ponder what the Chicago Bulls can do to lure LeBron James to town, it might help to consider King James as nothing more than a richer and more talented you. What p...
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Graduation means teen devotes more time to his businessJun 28, 2010 11:00 pm - After starting his own business and spending years working hard to make it a success, Christian Dagenais of Wheaton is finding time to do some volunteer work and move on...
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Roosevelt U. study finds Chicago area worst in nation for heroin abuseJun 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Once depicted as a drug relegated to the alleys of poor, rough, seedy, urban environs, heroin has found a new and thriving home in the suburbs. Huge increases in heroin ...
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Rehabilitation isn't always smooth sailing, but the effort is thereJun 23, 2010 11:00 pm - That old line about a boat being a hole in the water into which you pour money couldn't be more wrong in the case of the neat, old Viking ship on display Saturday in Gen...