Lifestyle Stories from January 19, 2013 (Change date)
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Backyard chickens make great neighbors!Jan 22, 2013 9:05 am - I'm not only in favor of this but I see this as good, wholesome and natural! This past fall, I visited several chicken coops on the recent WINDY CITY COOP tour and was ...
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A mother’s racism is affecting her daughter’s wedding hopesJan 20, 2013 6:30 am - Q. I’m very lucky to be with the most supportive, kind, brilliant, hardworking, and genuine person I’ve ever met. We’ve been together more than a year, and discuss getti...
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West Chicago teen beginning long road back from brain injuriesJan 20, 2013 6:15 am - Step inside the Novak family home in West Chicago and two things immediately wrestle for your attention. First, there's the Christmas tree, still meant as a symbol of jo...
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Personal finance industry gets drubbing in new bookJan 20, 2013 5:53 am - After the financial crisis began in 2008, it suddenly became OK, even desirable, to talk about the illogic of ballooning borrowing and runaway stocks — and the inevitabi...
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Singer Michelle Williams shares her struggle with depressionJan 21, 2013 10:56 am - NEW YORK — With a new single about to drop, a solo album in the works and a starring role in a national tour of a Broadway musical, you'd be hard-pressed to tell that Mi...
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Tokyo's capsule rooms make for cozy quartersJan 20, 2013 5:53 am - TOKYO — Tokyo is known for being densely populated and crowded. Living space is at a premium; hotel rooms are small or expensive or both. Enter the capsule hotel, where...
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American-made draws customers to Dow FurnitureJan 19, 2013 11:21 pm - Three little words — Made in America — are all the rage today. But at Dow Furniture in North Aurora, those have been the watchwords, literally, since the store was found...
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‘Black Forest’ designation covers many carved itemsJan 19, 2013 11:21 pm - Q. Sometime in the early 1940s, my father returned home after completing a painting job with a carved wooden bear in his arms. It was a gift from a customer. It is sligh...
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Real estate and rentals can complicate family mattersJan 19, 2013 4:30 am - Q. Mom left her house to my brother and me, a modest three-bedroom with no mortgage. My brother’s son has been living there since before mom died, rent-free. He promised...
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Truck’s time-honored patina can’t be duplicated with paintJan 19, 2013 4:30 am - Jim “Wrench” Guthrie has grown well accustomed to the same old question asked by the spectators who see his 1958 Chevrolet Apache pickup. Most wonder incredulously, “Is ...
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