Burt Constable
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Gas station serves up sweets, tea, mittens and loveFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - For 20 years, hospice nurse Carrie Farella would stop into her local Shell station for gas - and coffee, little boxes of those Hostess chocolate Donettes, milk, newspape...
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No ghosts of Mary Lincoln in BataviaFeb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - The seldom-used stairwell leading to the fourth-floor attic of this 19th-century mental sanitarium in Batavia reveals secrets. Halfway up the steep and narrow climb, a w...
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Man charged with Wheeling murder done when he was 15Feb 07, 2009 10:00 pm - An 18-year-old man was charged with murder Saturday and ordered held without bond in connection with a gang slaying in Wheeling that happened when he was a 15-year-old b...
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Man charged with trying to rob McDonald's at squeegee-pointFeb 07, 2009 10:00 pm - There was no clean getaway for a man charged with using a squeegee to rob a McDonald's in Elk Grove Village. Edward Hudson, 21, of 730 W. Bode Circle, Hoffman Estates, w...
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Obama echoes idea of Addison guy who saw Jesus in doorFeb 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Facing tough times, new President Barack Obama has drawn from old presidents in the rush to fix the nation's present woes. An admirer of Abraham Lincoln, Obama embraces ...
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Hard to feel compassion for man who can't acknowledge shameFeb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Impeached former Gov. Rod Blagojevich emerged from his burrow on Groundhog's Day, and didn't see even a shadow of shame. So the citizens of Illinois are in for six more ...
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Looking for signs on the tollway of Blagojevich's lifeJan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - I took the tollway to work Friday just so I could see those annoying "Open Road Tolling - Rod R. Blagojevich, Governor" signs one last time. When those 33 tollway signs ...
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Hair makes a statement, but Blago's mop might be lyingJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - A coy Rod Blagojevich is all shucks and grins about doing his Richard Nixon "I am not a crook" impression on TV when "The View" co-host Joy Behar playfully reaches out a...
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'The Passion of Blagojevich' offends everybodyJan 23, 2009 10:00 pm - Why does embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich just keep beating around the bush when you know he is dying to come right out and say it? He's suffered more than Jesus....
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Savor this week's news for story you didn't readJan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - It isn't the biggest news of the week, but it is the biggest non-story for those of a certain age: Nobody killed President Obama. It was taboo to even voice those kind o...