Burt Constable
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Phelps fatigue, feuds and flaps mean Olympics can't end soon enoughAug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - No slight to rhythmic gymnastics, Taekwondo, trampoline, table tennis, BMX biking or any of the other Olympic sports we normally see performed exclusively by kids in str...
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Forty-five years later, juror has regrets, but system forges onAug 18, 2008 11:00 pm - You live to be 80, you have some regrets. A Mount Prospect octogenarian confesses he has been carrying around one of his regrets for 45 years. It's a story that's no les...
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Grayslake reservist runs marathon in Afghan war zoneAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Olympic marathon runners will have to endure Beijing's brutal triple threat of heat, humidity and smog. The marathon Grayslake runner John Rousseau completed this month ...
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Sportswriter's disappearance leaves mountain of mysteryAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Had he finished that novel he was writing, Keith Reinhard would have been hard-pressed to come up with a mystery as compelling as his own death. A colorful Daily Herald ...
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Going for the gold with thumbs, Crocs and multi-taskingAug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - As a newspaper guy, my favorite moment of Friday night's lavish Olympic Games Opening Ceremony production was when an army of Beijing performers paid tribute to "movable...
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It's been 20 years since Wrigley got lit up for the first timeAug 06, 2008 11:00 pm - As life-changing moments go, the Cubs historic first night game at Wrigley Field on 8/8/88 fizzled. Oh sure, the crowd, adorned with celebrities, was buzzing at the pros...
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Escaping the stresses of modern life at the end of my ropeAug 04, 2008 11:00 pm - It may have been the most-stressful vacation ever. Generally, my family's annual pilgrimage to tranquil Fountain Park Chautauqua (www.fountain-park.org) revolves around ...
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Durbin rate cap could close payday loan loopholesJul 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Arlington Heights business owner Bob Griffith balked as soon as he read the letter from a payday loan company demanding that he garnish the wages of one of his employees...
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If this kid doesn't make you smile, you probably need your own dayJul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Mayor Susan E. Low proclaimed Wednesday as "Ben Spengel Day" in McHenry, and Ben Spengel is having quite the day. The 11-year-old arrives at camp in the morning to cheer...
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A gun almost always turns a suicide attempt into suicideJul 14, 2008 11:00 pm - In the sterile, bureaucratic world of government calculations, the statistical value of a single human life recently fell to $6.9 million. The taking of David M. Stierer...