Burt Constable
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Daily Herald manager Gerry Alger remembered for 'life of joy'Jan 15, 2016 12:00 am - The relentless pancreatic cancer that claimed Gerry Alger's life Friday can't rob loved ones of the joy she provided up until her final moments. "We had so much fun," sa...
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Constable: Mere hope of a Powerball win worth $2Jan 12, 2016 4:00 am - I'm thinking of the name of some random person in the United States. It can be the name of any athlete, movie star, celebrity, friend, family member, co-worker, stranger...
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Constable: When kids brought guns to schoolJan 10, 2016 6:30 am - The shooting wouldn't start until after school, but the plan called for 10 semiautomatic shotguns and 1,000 rounds of ammunition to arrive at school early on a Wednesday...
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Constable: Will Trump, Hillary, Bernie, Jeb or Rubio go to the dogs?Jan 06, 2016 12:00 am - Human celebrities haven't named a newborn Fido, Rover or Spot - yet. But more and more dog owners are choosing human names for their canine companions. ”Year over year, ...
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Constable: Obama can look to Highland Park on gunsJan 05, 2016 4:00 am - As our nation knows all too well, when guns are involved, the stakes can be life or death. But our national debate about gun control has plenty of room for compromise. T...
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Constable: 2015 good for Pluto, fossils, gays, climateDec 30, 2015 10:00 pm - In 1968, assassins killed Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. The North Vietnamese launched the Tet Offensive during the bloodiest year of the Vietnam War, whe...
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Palatine softball star now a transgender advocateDec 27, 2015 6:00 am - Had Palatine High School softball star Lauren Logan been born a boy, he'd be 20-year-old Ryan Logan today, playing college ball somewhere. Instead, Ryan Logan had to put...
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Constable: No 'War on Christmas,' but Secret Santa has some criticsDec 14, 2015 10:00 pm - I like secrets, which I'm pretty good at keeping. I like Santa, whom I staunchly defended in my youth against the cynical, nonbelieving majority of first-graders on my s...
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Constable: Nativity scene rekindles Christmas memoriesDec 13, 2015 5:45 am - Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus, the wise men and even the young shepherd carrying the lamb over his shoulders look as perfect as they did the first time Grace Rehner included ...
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Constable: What Moby-Dick 4Dx feels like at Gurnee theaterDec 11, 2015 4:00 am - Call me intrigued. Hunkered into my comfy seat in the Marcus Gurnee Mills Cinema in Gurnee, I'm confident that Ron Howard's new Moby-Dick movie will allow me to do somet...