All Stories from July 17, 2013 (Change date)
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Chef du Jour: Mobile chefs brings brick-oven pizza to the massesJul 17, 2013 6:00 am - The dark-haired kid who used to sell you lemonade as you tooled through Downers Grove, today, owns a mobile pizza oven. So instead of quenching customers' thirst with co...
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Forecast calls for heat wave to continueJul 17, 2013 6:00 am - People should drink plenty of water, stay in the shade, and know where their local cooling center is because its going to be a hot one today. Officials from the Nationa...
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Herb dilemmas solved by the bunchJul 17, 2013 6:00 am - Come summer, it's the query herb experts and Washington Post Food section staffers that get asked the most: “I have so much (insert name of homegrown herb here). What ca...
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Artist’s ehibit displays her love of art in all its formsJul 17, 2013 6:00 am - Artist Kathy Steere embraces art in all forms, from creating wooden sculptures from downed trees to painting backdrops for school plays and completing a fine art certifi...
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Does chocolate milk have antioxidant properties?Jul 17, 2013 6:00 am - Q. We hear so much about antioxidant compounds in chocolate. What about cocoa and chocolate milk? A. Chocolate's flavonoid compounds are under study not only as antioxi...
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Country musician to headline benefit concert at Wheaton's CantignyJul 17, 2013 6:00 am - To Ronnie Dunn, it's an opportunity to give back. The country music performer will perform Saturday, July 20, at the eighth annual Rockin' for the Troops concert at Whe...
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New tick-borne infection similar to Lyme diseaseJul 17, 2013 5:45 am - A new tick-borne illness marked by recurring high fever and described for the first time in U.S. patients just this year may help explain a controversial condition known...
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Bad soil? No soil? Try planting in straw balesJul 17, 2013 5:44 am - Bad soil? Not enough soil? Maybe even no soil? Skip the ground and try planting fruits and vegetables in straw bales instead, suggests Joel Karsten, author of “Straw Bal...
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All this Wrigley whining an unnecessary reminderJul 17, 2013 5:36 am - As most of you already have determined, I’m a wimp. The dead giveaway was that I grew up on the North Side of Chicago instead of the South Side. What I don’t need is to ...
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Does juiced ‘Turbo’ send the wrong message?Jul 17, 2013 5:35 am - “The sooner you accept the dull, miserable nature of your existence, the happier you’ll be,” worldly-wise snail Chet (Paul Giamatti) advises his younger brother Turbo (R...