Burt Constable
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College student's toughest assignment - finding a new kidneyApr 06, 2019 1:00 am - Writing data quickly onto a page in her three-ring binder, 22-year-old college student Ally Hembd treats this assignment as a matter of life and death. “I could technica...
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From iffy first date to a literal 'perfect match' for kidney donationApr 06, 2019 1:00 am - Their one date in 2001, when Vikki Marazzo was a 15-year-old high school girl and Harl Morgan was a 19-year-old man, featured a walk around downtown St. Charles and a co...
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Mission for two suburban shelters for young asylum-seekers: 'I am safe'Apr 02, 2019 5:30 am - Flags from 18 nations hang in the stairwell of the suburban Viator House of Hospitality as a colorful reminder of the 48 men who have lived here after coming to the U.S....
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'I have never felt this safe,' says teen awaiting asylum ruling in the suburbsApr 02, 2019 5:30 am - The last leg of her pilgrimage to escape the violence of her hometown in Honduras found 17-year-old Alma, who never learned how to swim, clinging to a flotation device s...
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How waves of immigrants are overwhelming asylum processMar 30, 2019 1:00 am - Before 2013, about one of every 100 immigrants arriving at our borders asked for asylum. Now, it's one out of every 10. The glut of immigrants at our southern border has...
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Constable: How 7,000-mile trek through the Americas leads West African asylum-seeker to the suburbsMar 30, 2019 1:00 am - By Burt Constable Watching dramatic scenes of immigrants in a caravan moving toward the United States-Mexico border, this 20-year-old resident of the Northwest suburbs k...
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Constable: Musical bridges span diverse churches and worldsMar 28, 2019 5:12 am - In a society where we sometimes wall ourselves off into easily labeled groups, we can define Lou Bury as the 61-year-old associate pastor at Downers Grove Community Chur...
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Constable: How a suburban couple survived world's worst plane disasterMar 23, 2019 1:00 am - Vacationers Caroline and Warren Hopkins of Northbrook discovered a minor problem as they boarded their Pan Am jet bound for the Canary Islands. Another couple were sitti...
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Constable: Can 16-inch softball compete against cricket?Mar 21, 2019 5:30 am - Naperville has more cricket squads than it does teams playing that old pastime of 16-inch softball. With only three of the four teams returning from last year's 16-inch ...
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Constable: Would 47 million March Madness bettors play legally if they could?Mar 19, 2019 5:20 am - The NCAA men's basketball tourney starting this week will inspire 47 million Americans to wager $8.5 billion, Bill Miller, president and CEO of the American Gaming Assoc...