All Stories from August 17, 2014 (Change date)
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Watch out for insect bites, stings this summerAug 17, 2014 6:00 am - During the "dog days" of summer, families must be watchful for infections carried by mosquitoes and ticks, such as Lyme disease, West Nile virus, and insect bites. Let'...
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Small cottage kits have an endless number of usesAug 17, 2014 5:45 am - Getaway houses are considered a true luxury these days. Yet, for some families a small vacation place is a deep tradition going back generations. Depending on what part ...
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Visiting 9/11 sites in New York: Memorial, museum, toursAug 17, 2014 5:45 am - NEW YORK — Out-of-towners and locals alike have shown enormous interest in sites connected to the Sept. 11th attacks. More than 700,000 people from all 50 states and 131...
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Short on time? Try this workoutAug 17, 2014 5:45 am - How much time must you commit to exercise for it to be effective? This is obviously dependent on your goals, but a recent study found health benefit in as little as fiv...
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Daniel Radcliffe finds interest in actors 'weird'Aug 17, 2014 5:30 am - LONDON - Daniel Radcliffe says he finds the concept of celebrity and the level of interest in the trivia of actors' lives "weird." While promoting his first romantic com...
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Guiltless pleasure: TV's image improves, along with its programmingAug 17, 2014 5:30 am - Manjula Stokes has twice sworn off television, once throwing a set off her deck in a fit over an ex-husband's sports obsession. Now she's a devotee of programs like “Dow...
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Dinosaur documentary digs into finding Sue - and serving timeAug 17, 2014 5:30 am - "Dinosaur 13" documentary subject and paleontologist Peter Larson offers three rules to live by when the dino-dung hits the fan of life. "First, no matter how bad things...
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Boomers, let's take back our pound signAug 17, 2014 5:01 am - I want to know, when did the pound sign (#) become a hash tag? In my 60-plus years we have always been told press the pound sign at the end of the conversation. So who n...
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Responsible citizens key to strong nationAug 17, 2014 5:01 am - I just watched Rep. Jan Schakowsky on "Windy City Live" talking about "live the wage." When you decide to start a family you certainly should be making more than minimum...
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High school drinking still strikes a chordAug 17, 2014 5:01 am - I'm not so old that I can't recall going to an unsupervised high school party or two at which drinking was going on. Let me rephrase that: I don't recall any unsupervise...