Burt Constable
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Single gunshot on NIU campus rips open painful woundsFeb 19, 2010 10:00 pm - The horror spawned on Valentine's Day two years ago by a deranged, murderous shooting spree on the campus of Northern Illinois University will never totally leave us. Lo...
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World's first patented snowboard born in suburbsFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - He never got to attempt a Double McTwist 1260 to finish a halfpipe, but Don Burgeson of Glen Ellyn used to get stoked riding his snowboard long before Gold Medal snowboa...
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Retired Whiffy founder still pines for smell of skunksFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - This is the time of year when people weary of winter are desperate to discover a hint of spring in the air. The words "pitchers and catchers report" do it for baseball f...
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Our plucky Olympic neighbors worth talking aboot, eh?Feb 15, 2010 10:00 pm - When U.S. skier Bode Miller wins a bronze, snowboarder Seth Wescott strikes gold and the Winter Olympics medal count shows the United States atop the list, I suppose I s...
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Debate moves from Holy Land to 'Daily Show' to BarringtonFeb 12, 2010 10:00 pm - The global push for peace in the epic conflict between Israel and Palestine, Jews and Muslims, Arabs and non-Arabs has been debated everywhere from the West Bank to the ...
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Making Scott Lee Cohen folk hero says more about usFeb 08, 2010 10:00 pm - "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." - H.L. Mencken. ••• No sooner does the outrage of bumbling Ill...
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Barrington Hills singer the voice behind Snap, Snuggle and SinatraFeb 07, 2010 10:00 pm - Even if you haven't seen a Ron Hawking show, you've heard the Barrington Hills singer. "I started on TV when I was 4 years old and I've been doing it ever since," says t...
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Real Crook counties rise above news from Cook CountyFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - In researching the political shenanigans, patronage, ineptitude and outright crime that earns Cook County the moniker of Crook County, I end up on a Web site for a Crook...
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Tribal wins blunt democracy in Illinois feudal electionFeb 03, 2010 10:00 pm - When 60 percent of Iraqis braved bombs and bullets to cast votes in a free election in 2005, President George W. Bush proclaimed the voter turnout as a "major milestone ...
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Super Bowl dreams span ages from kid to Weekend WarriorFeb 01, 2010 10:00 pm - On the weekend before Super Bowl I, even though there was a huge age difference between those professional football players and me, I braved the cold, played football ou...