Burt Constable
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Veterans' group finds success, but lost soul still lostJan 29, 2010 10:00 pm - On March 4, 2008, Read Boeckel, a medical supply sales rep from Glen Ellyn, was one of about a dozen local volunteers with lofty goals and a strong will to get an idea o...
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Hello, this is RoboCall, asking you to read this columnJan 25, 2010 10:00 pm - Even if Election Day didn't fall on Groundhog Day, the Illinois primary campaigns have a familiar, repetitive vibe to voters. The political process is relentless. We rem...
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DJ carves niche swinging to beat of different ballroomJan 22, 2010 10:00 pm - During the turbulent 1960s when rebellious teens were spinning the new rock 'n' roll vinyl coming from bands such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, John Russell Ghr...
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Win a title while holding a beerJan 20, 2010 10:00 pm - Saturday's "2010 Winter Cornhole Classic" in Addison might be called the "2010 Super Bowl of Cornholing" if NFL litigators were as lax about their "Super Bowl" copyright...
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Quirky twists of fate bring about MLK Day reunion of sortsJan 18, 2010 10:00 pm - Since the kids don't have school and can sleep in late on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we make a family pilgrimage to the Museum of Science and Industry on Sunday. As we ...
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This major yields bumper crop of scholarships and jobsJan 13, 2010 10:00 pm - As suburban high school seniors wade through their college options for next fall, their parents are busy searching for scholarship money. Both groups hope their investme...
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Why Abe never said, 'I'm blacker than Frederick Douglass'Jan 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Life was stressful and unfair at times for Abraham Lincoln, but it's hard to envision him sitting around with a magazine reporter and uncorking a big bottle of stupid in...
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Will Hall of Fame have Cub Dawson doff an Expo chapeau?Jan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - On jerseys, on photos, on baseball bats and on baseball after baseball, new Hall-of-Famer and Cubs legend Andre Dawson grabs a pen in his left hand and meticulously goes...
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Spending cuts, jobs, security fuel 10th District raceJan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - With early voting beginning Monday, the eight candidates from two parties running for Congress from the North suburban 10th District got a last-minute chance to make a f...
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Cabin fever can ignite kids' 'old school' imaginationJan 08, 2010 10:00 pm - Nothing jump-starts the old brain like a cold, snowy day with a house full of eager-to-play-anything youngsters stymied by a "no more video games" edict. "Every generati...