Burt Constable
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Constable: Some old Cubs stiffed on big MLB pensionsApr 08, 2017 1:00 am - During the 1970s, when the Chicago Cubs played only day games at Wrigley Field, infielder Carmen Fanzone made his nightly pilgrimages into the hot spots of Chicago's nig...
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Constable: U.S. entered World War I a century ago - how suburbs rememberApr 06, 2017 5:00 am - One hundred years ago today, the United States Congress voted overwhelmingly in favor of entering “the war to end all wars.” Had that war lived up to its optimistic slog...
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Constable: Can rape victim stay in U.S.?Apr 04, 2017 5:15 am - Raped as a toddler in Mexico, and again as a little girl growing up in DuPage County, this smiling 22-year-old mother strolling through Byron Park in Addison with her tw...
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Constable: Sox advice for Cubs fansApr 01, 2017 1:00 am - After more than a century of going into every baseball season hoping that, just maybe, "this is the year," we Chicago Cubs fans start the 2017 season Sunday in St. Louis...
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Titanic, war, faith and fun all part of 70-year marriageMar 30, 2017 5:30 am - To understand how Joan Soderlund and Paul Souchek of Huntley built a marriage lasting 70 years, listen to them share each other's stories about close calls involving the...
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Constable: Political signs of the times (and how to get rid of them)Mar 28, 2017 5:30 am - In last fall's presidential election, it's doubtful a lawn sign in a parkway had the power to sway a single vote from one candidate half the people hated to that candida...
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Constable: Long Grove woman rebuilding life after brain injuryMar 25, 2017 1:00 am - An elite soccer player, speedy Carmel High School freshman Quinna Phillips raced toward a loose ball in the final regular-season game against Stevenson High School. A c...
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Constable: If only elections were like March MadnessMar 23, 2017 5:30 am - Today's news is dominated by more madness spewing from our political pipeline and the welcome distraction of the NCAA basketball tournament's March Madness. So it seems ...
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How a 1970s Arlington Heights case is affecting Trump's travel banMar 21, 2017 5:00 am - One of the factors playing a role in stopping Donald Trump from enforcing his reworked travel ban is an Arlington Heights housing lawsuit from the 1970s that went to the...
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Constable: My DNA makes St. Patrick's Day celebration go flatMar 16, 2017 5:30 am - My mom's mother's maiden name was Casey. That's pretty much all the evidence I need to conclude that the Ancestry DNA testing kit I got for Christmas would verify my rig...