Burt Constable
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Restoring British car for cross-country drive a TriumphJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - As a high school kid in Arlington Heights, Joe Pawlak looked at the economics of the recession and knew he had to change. Gas prices were higher than ever and he was too...
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If Cubs slide into bankruptcy, will fans ever be safe?Jul 13, 2009 11:00 pm - As a columnist for the largest non-bankrupt newspaper in Illinois, I have picked up a little financial acumen during the years. But Monday's report by Bloomberg News tha...
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State takes away job, friends for woman with IQ of 36Jul 09, 2009 11:00 pm - With an IQ of 36, Laura Hill doesn't have the mental capacity to remember that Illinois politics have taken away the only life she knows. So the 42-year-old Rolling Mead...
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College hall so 'green,' it doesn't even need a gas furnaceJul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - On one of the coldest days of the winter, crews at North Central College in Naperville bunched around the equipment drilling five dozen holes 650 feet into the earth. "T...
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From 1 middle-aged, Hoosier-born father of 3 to anotherJul 06, 2009 11:00 pm - "Sorry," Monday's e-mail from the Staples Center in Los Angeles begins, "we regret to inform you that your registration to attend the Public Memorial Service for Michael...
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Pandemonium curbed, but parade popularity still strongJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - If you knew members of the Arlington Heights Garden Club were ambling past your house, would you rush to your front lawn to gawk? What if they brought along a street cle...
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Suburban woman bringing solar-powered computers to KenyaJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - As a school kid, Megan DaPisa's hand would shoot into the air before the teacher could finish any "I need a volunteer to-" request. Now the 24-year-old Arlington Heights...
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Will state take respite from families who need it most?Jun 29, 2009 11:00 pm - The stress levels of suburban families with autistic children are high enough without the drama of their funding being dangled off the edge of a political cliff. As the ...
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Justice may be blind, but common sense gets blindsidedJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - •Swiping a duffel bag? Six years in prison. •Savagely beating a woman? Probation. •Making sense of our courts? Unlikely. When Superman used to wage "the never-ending bat...
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Truck drivers save Palatine man from burning vehicleJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - What few memories Stephen Hamontree has of his crash are hazy until the moment when his SUV is on fire, he's pinned in the wreckage and a couple of truck drivers are try...