Burt Constable
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Priest leads tough city school - with students' helpJun 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Wearing his white shirt and tie, Christopher Devron looks very much like the lawyer he seemed destined to be after graduating from the University of Notre Dame in 1989. ...
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State's budget cuts will hurt vulnerable kidsJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - The suburban people who have dedicated their careers to fighting for children inflicted with the cruelest pains trudged into the city Wednesday afternoon to fight for th...
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Patriotism and flag desecration in eyes of beholdersJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - If the weather cooperates, I'll kick off the Flag Day weekend this morning in the suburbs as one of several adults leading nine impressionable grade-schoolers in a blata...
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Birds on the brain set the stage for birdbrained plotsJun 10, 2009 11:00 pm - There is a difference between having birds on the brain and being a bird brain. You can make the call into which category this column should be filed. In a May column th...
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How a kid goes from homeless to high school graduateJun 08, 2009 11:00 pm - When he was a rudderless 14-year-old, skipping school, smoking and drinking, and flirting with following in the footsteps of the drug dealers in his neighborhood, Andre ...
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Muslim docs plant health seed that continues to blossomJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - It's nearly midnight in the midst of another 80-hour work week when 66-year-old Dr. Azher Quader picks up the phone and enthusiastically launches into what could be the ...
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What's good for GM and the country would be fine for CubsJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - "See the USA in your Chevrolet." What was once a spunky advertising jingle that enticed folks to buy a Chevy and take a road trip is now a fact of life. You can literall...
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Catholic Charities sees 'unprecedented' need in suburbsMay 29, 2009 11:00 pm - You can find upbeat economic news: Consumer confidence rose in May for the second month in a row. Corporate profits were up in the first quarter. General Motors and the ...
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If Senate seat is golden, poker slots will be platinumMay 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Not only will video poker provide the state with revenue we need, it will give authorities control over all the illegal gambling going on now. That argument from current...
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Merv Griffin gig, bad cold, kept writer off doomed jetMay 24, 2009 11:00 pm - While watching a rehearsal on Chicago's Forum Theatre stage where his hit novel, "Do Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?" was less than a week from opening, John Pow...