Burt Constable
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First 'Pink Slip Party' fuels networking, hope and funMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - A teacher and education expert who is plugged into using all the "21st Century skills" to keep on top of situations, Brendan Murphy was as ready as anybody could be when...
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Losing a job can give you chance to find yourselfMar 06, 2009 10:00 pm - As our unemployment rate soars to 8.1 percent, the accompanying pain, fear and exhausting search for a new job can be soul-crushing. But the 84 souls who take part in th...
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The one spot where Roland Burris can truly be at peaceMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - The controversy, anger, racial debate and general mess swirling around embattled Junior Sen. Roland Burris might follow him until the day he dies. But when Burris finall...
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Facebook Burt is considering unfriending the undeadMar 02, 2009 10:00 pm - When my Facebook page sends me a notice that a friend who died just made a new online friend, I get a little creeped out. Death is the only reason I joined Facebook back...
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The nation has matured, and so has the Nation of IslamFeb 27, 2009 10:00 pm - The little girl, wearing her traditional Muslim hijab three-pleat robe and head scarf, stops dead in her tracks and points. "Look, Mom. It's Muslim Barbie!," she squeals...
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The poet on the AP literature test? I saw that dude at FremdFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - The short story is that in the early 1990s, Tony Romano and Gary Anderson, a couple of English teachers sitting in the back of a boring staff meeting at Fremd High Schoo...
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Jim Ryan's only state election losses? Burris and BlagoFeb 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Back when Republicans roamed Illinois' state offices, Jim Ryan won three straight elections as DuPage County state's attorney, and two consecutive terms as Illinois atto...
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Illinois could issue an Amber Alert for missing honestyFeb 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Honestly, has anyone in Illinois seen the truth lately? In a quicksand of lies, our disposable, Democratic Sen. Roland Burris slips deeper into the muck with every strug...
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If nothing else, government has stimulated promotionFeb 16, 2009 10:00 pm - There is a reason economists call their livelihood "economic theory" and not "economic fact." Brilliant people can and do disagree about the value of government spendin...
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Couples married on Friday the 13th get jump on Valentine'sFeb 13, 2009 10:00 pm - The only reservation groom Keiron Stewart had about getting married on Friday the 13th was for a honeymoon suite at the Sybaris. The 26-year-old Hanover Park resident ma...