Burt Constable
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Flood veterans say they feel sandbagged by new projectSep 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Wading down his flooded basement stairs, Bill Jew brushes past an eraser board, his shoulder smearing the handwritten "God Bless Our House" message. From his perch on th...
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Rolling Meadows man drowns in rain-swollen retention pondSep 13, 2008 11:00 pm - A 28-year-old Rolling Meadows man drowned Saturday in a soccer field flooded by the relentless rain. Alan G. Byrd went to the park in a car with two friends, authoritie...
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Searching for humanity in aftermath of war's inhumanitySep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - On this beautiful Sept. 11, people will flock to Chicago's Millennium Park. They'll snap photographs of toddlers frolicking by "The Bean," eating ice cream and splashing...
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Why are YRs (Young Republicans) wired about 72-year-old McCain?Sep 08, 2008 11:00 pm - In an effort to be perfectly fair and balanced, I wanted to recycle the first couple of paragraphs from my column about Barack Obama's historic acceptance of his party's...
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What is it exactly that a small-town mayor does every day?Sep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Having already made breakfast for his 93-year-old mother before he and his wife left for work, Tom Hyde arrives at his part-time job about 7:30 a.m. "It's something that...
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What headline is in the box? Only 'mystifier' knowsSep 03, 2008 11:00 pm - A locked case officially goes on display today at Harper College in Palatine containing an envelope that promises to predict a headline from the Daily Herald one month f...
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'Where were you when?' history moment at home in 'burbsAug 29, 2008 11:00 pm - A bunch of sleepy suburbanites wake up for work and school Friday morning with a history hangover worthy of telling the grandkids someday. "When I was a kid, my parents ...
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This ebony-and-ivory sisterhood focuses on similaritiesAug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Exhilarating performances by Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton set the stage for Barack Obama to accept the Democratic Party's presidential nomination tonight on the 45...
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Economy hits sour note, but school bands find harmonyAug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - When the going gets tough in school budgets, administrators often take the ax to music programs and the arts. But suburban parents have yet to put the squeeze on music b...
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Parents like spy gadgets, but here's real secret weaponAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - The kindergartner scampers off to school with a Global Positioning System tracking device clipped to her belt, so her parents can make sure she really did walk home with...