Burt Constable
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With closet of ugly bridesmaid dresses, Oberweis needs changeMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Having lost Saturday's special election to fill the vacant seat of Republican Congressman Dennis Hastert, Jim Oberweis has another ugly bridesmaid dress for his politic...
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Waiting for mental health funding sure can cause anxietyMar 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Two days before the fatal shootings at Northern Illinois University, our state's mental health advocates urged the state to release money to extend mental health service...
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All going swimmingly for first victim of Obama tsunamiMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Former Buffalo Grove resident Gery Chico knows what it's like to be in a political dead heat with Barack Obama as the campaign finish line approaches. Four years ago, Ch...
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Do we need background checks for house plant buyers?Mar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The ricin poison found in a Las Vegas hotel room is so deadly that a speck the size of a pinhead could kill you. The hotel occupant is still unconscious in a hospital, b...
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Could Abe honestly win in today's religion-packed vote?Feb 29, 2008 10:00 pm - We are a religion-conscious nation where a photo of Christian Barack Obama in Somali garb, or the use of his middle name of Hussein, can fuel a theological firestorm, or...
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Time for state to join civilized world and end death penaltyFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Eight men and four women deliberated less than 90 minutes Wednesday before telling 31-year-old Eric Hanson of Naperville that he must die for murdering four members of h...
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Is the American economy ready for a new New Deal?Feb 25, 2008 10:00 pm - A beleaguered Republican administration with an unpopular president can't pull the U.S. economy out of its funk. That allows a popular and engaging Harvard-educated youn...
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Does Mom get a side of bacon with her new heart valve?Feb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - There's a farmer joke about a pig with a wooden leg. When a traveling salesman asks how the pig lost his leg, the farmer launches into a series of heroic tales about how...
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Mentally ill more likely to be crime victims than perpetratorsFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - In some of the comments about the tragic shooting at Northern Illinois University, I sense an underlying fear that all people with mental illnesses are just one bad week...
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Sad, pathetic trio brings a bundle of hate to sorrowful timeFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - An overwhelming sense of loss, grief, pain, agony, confusion, faith, empathy, sympathy and love for a beautiful life ended too soon flows inside St. Charles' Baker Memor...