Burt Constable
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Ricketts turns from die-hard fan into ownerOct 30, 2009 11:00 pm - I see Tom Ricketts, his new "World Champion Cubs" hat dripping champagne onto a smiling face already damp from tears. He stands near Wrigley Field's home plate on a chil...
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In wake of tragedy, advocates inspire change and hopeOct 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Not wanting to miss a second of trick-or-treating with his older brother and cousins, 4-year-old Patrick Henry wore his Halloween costume as he boarded the airplane with...
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Beware of glowing Dew, Halloween hoaxes and Bears hypeOct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - "On the way home, can you swing by a store and buy us some Mountain Dew?" my three sons ask. Don't worry. The caffeine-laden, sugary pop is for science, not drinking, th...
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Argonne's tiny nanotech microscope needs macro buildingOct 23, 2009 11:00 pm - So the scientists at Argonne National Laboratory are all giddy as they wait for next month's arrival of a new multifunctional scanning probe microscope devoted to the hi...
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Halloween ghouls not as scary as trick-or-treat glutenOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Trick-or-treating on Halloween can be scary. A young child going door-to-door dressed as a wholesome fairy princess or plucky Bob the Builder can be intimidated by the g...
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Where the boys aren't: All-female cast takes shot at 'Romeo & Juliet'Oct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - As director Sean Hargadon surveyed the crop of actors auditioning for his Janus Theatre Co. production of "Romeo & Juliet," he might have thought, "Wherefore art thou, d...
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No matter how you feel about the death penalty, it's flawedOct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - The Brown's Chicken murders are why our legislators decreed that Illinois must have a death penalty. If ever a case cried out for the ultimate punishment, this was it. J...
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Variety show adds new life to old theaterOct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - As a teenager at Prospect High School, Lindsay Diakoumis remembers going to the old Des Plaines Theater for a few Battle of the Bands shows. "I saw Fall Out Boy play in ...
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Rush's race news deflates with the rise of 'balloon boy'Oct 16, 2009 11:00 pm - When I started this column, I was thinking about whether Rush Limbaugh, in his Thursday moaning about "Obama's America," intentionally called them "the dark days" as a s...
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Flame of Olympic dream burns in Mundelein warehouseOct 14, 2009 11:00 pm - While pundits continue to analyze Chicago's failed Olympic bid and fans anticipate the 2016 games in Rio, a select group of athletes gather in a nondescript, former tile...