Lifestyle Stories from July 18, 2011 (Change date)
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'Go Green' with 'The Story of Stuff' July 30Jul 19, 2011 9:49 pm - Author Annie Leonard, of "The Story of Stuff," offers an eye-opening account of the life cycle of studd we buy and how it can damage the impact of its ecological footpri...
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Assisting Hands Naperville focuses on Alzheimer's, senior safetyJul 19, 2011 4:31 pm - New research out of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and reported by CNN, points to falls as being more common among individuals with the earliest signs of ...
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Poet Reggie Legend featured in Chicago Poetry MagazineJul 20, 2011 10:00 am - Elgin's own Reggie Legend will have his poetry featured in Chicago?s Poetry Cram Magazine. Midnight Summer Nightmare is the theme of the magazine's latest edition, Poet...
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'Pinkalicious' pleasing to the pig-tailed crowdJul 20, 2011 11:59 am - Early on, Mrs. Pinkerton — Pinkalicious' mother — asks the audience to repeat this line after her: "You get what you get, and you don't get upset." In a way, that sums u...
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Dog sniffs out potential dangers for allergic boyJul 18, 2011 2:18 pm - TAMPA, Fla. — Billy Gensel doesn't open doors or shake hands. His mother pulls back the handle, and the 11-year-old enters a room at the Patel Conservatory, where he gre...
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Autopsies becoming more rare, despite TV popularityJul 19, 2011 11:03 am - Television crime shows have helped popularize autopsies, but in reality these postmortem exams are becoming rarer every year. Today, hospitals perform autopsies on only ...
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Classic recollections: 1967 Chevy IIJul 19, 2011 1:18 pm - When the snow starts to fall around here in the Midwest, Chicagoans, and their metal machines, escape Mother Nature's frozen wrath by retreating to heated garages. Drop...
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DoggySpace helps foster friendship, generosityJul 19, 2011 12:18 pm - With the help of social media outlets, Internet enthusiasts have learned how to tweet and yelp. But now technology-savvy canines can get in on the action with the help o...
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Reducing salt may not affect death rateJul 18, 2011 12:01 am - No strong evidence exists that advising people to eat less salt or putting them on a low-salt diet reduces their death rate or cuts cardiovascular events, an analysis of...
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Adenovirus may be cause of summer illnessesJul 18, 2011 12:01 am - Summer vacation wasn't starting out quite like the family intended. Four kids, no school, blue skies — but one by one the siblings were coming down with fevers, and soon...
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