All Stories from February 8, 2015 (Change date)
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FDA to toughen review of defibrillatorsFeb 08, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — Those automatic defibrillators that dot every office building, airport and shopping mall around the country? They undoubtedly have saved people who otherwis...
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Tile no longer just for bathrooms and backsplashesFeb 08, 2015 6:00 am - Tile is massively in vogue. Crack open any décor magazine and there will be countless images of striking kitchen backsplashes, multicolor mosaic showers or bright cerami...
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Grammy factoids: Timberlake's redemption, Joan Rivers, PharrellFeb 08, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK - The Grammy Awards, airing live at 7 p.m. Sunday, include predictable nominees like Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, and awards like best rap song and best country al...
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Fitness trends: Return to basics plus technologyFeb 08, 2015 6:00 am - If you're sporting a heart-rate monitor while banging out your last set of push-ups in a class of three people, you're on the cutting edge of fitness. Even if you just m...
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Chicago Theatre Week offers bargain tickets to suburban, city showsFeb 08, 2015 6:00 am - If Chicago Theatre Week organizers for a moment doubted the passion of theater patrons, their fears have long since dissipated. Neither inclement weather nor post-holida...
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Technology downsizes the home officeFeb 08, 2015 6:00 am - These days, desks look more and more like simple tables. Any old one will do. Long gone are the days of Rolodex files, huge computer terminals and stacks of sorted slots...
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Sunday picks: Pablo Francisco takes aim at pop cultureFeb 08, 2015 5:30 am - Comic impressions From spoofing Spanish language telenovelas to action movie previews, comedian Pablo Francisco knows how to take pot shots at pop culture. Catch hi...
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Winner now has a room she can show off to guestsFeb 08, 2015 5:00 am - Cindy Krizizke of Schaumburg is Facebook friends with the Daily Herald Media Group and that is where she first saw information last fall about our annual “Room for Livin...
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Lifestyle changes, medication relieve symptoms of BPHFeb 08, 2015 4:45 am - Q: I'm 68. I've jogged regularly for decades, but I've recently developed a touch of arthritis in my knees. Will continuing to run make my knees wear out faster? A: Hav...
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Editorial: A newspaper has a duty to make endorsementsFeb 08, 2015 4:01 am - In the coming days, we will begin publishing endorsements in the upcoming local elections. They will be based on a wide array of research - from interviews with the cand...