Lifestyle Stories from October 23, 2017 (Change date)
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Not so cold duck? Man keeps looking for bird thought extinctOct 23, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Hope is the thing with feathers, poet Emily Dickinson wrote. For Richard Thorns, the feathers are pink. Thorns' hope? To prove that a colorful duck is ...
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John Stamos gets engaged to girlfriend at DisneylandOct 23, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - John Stamos picked "the happiest place on earth" to get engaged over the weekend. The 54-year-old Stamos announced his engagement to 31-year-old actre...
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Quiet on the set and elsewhere with Woody AllenOct 23, 2017 7:00 am - "Start to Finish: Woody Allen and the Art of Moviemaking" (Knopf), by Eric Lax If we had been allowed to watch God create the heavens and the Earth, we probably wouldn't...
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Former full-timer returns to volunteer at Shelter, Inc.Oct 23, 2017 6:00 am - I used to work here as a full-timer, having started in 1998. I stayed for 10 years working in the Healthy Families Program, but had to leave Shelter once state funding r...
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Retiree enjoys helping kids at Shelter, Inc.Oct 23, 2017 6:00 am - When I retired, I went looking for a way to help the kids in our area. Our children are the most precious members of our community, and also the most vulnerable. I knew ...
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What John Grisham gets right about lawyers, the law in his latest novelOct 23, 2017 6:00 am - "The Rooster Bar," by John Grisham Doubleday, 368 pages, $28.95 --- One of one the things I didn't expect when I became a lawyer was just how much it would ruin leg...
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When Adam Schumann went to war, he didn't foresee its horrors - or a movie about his lifeOct 23, 2017 6:00 am - It's one of those small and forgettable moments in a movie. A soldier, returning from war, gets off a plane and hands his weapon to another soldier checking him in. "Ser...
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How Shelter, Inc. helps children and familiesOct 23, 2017 6:00 am - On Nov. 10, Shelter, Inc. will hold its 30th annual charity ball at the Hyatt Regency Schaumburg. The fundraiser, which offers sponsorship levels from $500 to $10,000, ...
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Couple set to relaunch the Launching PadOct 23, 2017 6:00 am - No trip down Route 66 is complete without a stop at the Launching Pad. The restaurant is a true relic from the retro age of the 1950s and '60s. Now, thanks to new owners...
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New 5K in Arlington Heights aims to fight lung cancerOct 23, 2017 1:00 am - An inaugural race and run/walk will be held in downtown Arlington Heights next month to raise awareness around lung cancer. The Pairing Up to Beat Lung Cancer 5K Race an...