Lifestyle Stories from November 1, 2018 (Change date)
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Movie review: 'Wildlife' depicts disintegrating marriage with elegance, empathyNov 01, 2018 6:00 am - “Wildlife” - ★ ★ ★ ★ It's fall of 1960 in Montana when we meet the Brinson family in “Wildlife,” a carefully considered and deeply moving adaptation of a Richard Ford no...
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Roasted cauliflower, chickpeas and tahini dressing meet in fast, nutrient dense saladNov 01, 2018 6:00 am - There is a salad on our table almost every single night. Usually it's lettuce. More often than not, just a bowl of slivered romaine with a tart vinaigrette. Super simple...
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Movie review: Disney's visually enticing 'Nutcracker' lacks dramatic crunchNov 01, 2018 6:00 am - “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” - ★ ★ ½ Walt Disney's music-filled early holiday gift, “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms,” feels like a big-budget, large-studio s...
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Put those leftover pumpkin seeds on the healthy snack listNov 01, 2018 6:00 am - You can get your hands on pumpkin seeds on about any store's snack aisle, but your healthiest option may be the old-fashioned way: scooping them out of the stringy guts ...
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Movie review: Horror film 'Monster Party' shocking - and awe-ful funnyNov 01, 2018 6:00 am - "Monster Party" - ★ ★ ★ Do you really want to know how horribly comic this horror movie can get? A sleazy guy gives one of those slow, sarcastic claps to young Iris (Vir...
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What DuPage's Hobson Oak gently wept: A wooden guitar to be auctioned for charityNov 01, 2018 5:30 am - It lived for 250 years as part of a stately oak along Hobson Road near Woodridge. Then it survived a fire in Oswego. Now it's about to be auctioned - as a guitar, not ...
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Jewel, Hormel Foods donate 33,122 jars of Skippy to Northern Illinois Food BankNov 01, 2018 1:00 am - Jewel-Osco in Itasca is joining Hormel Foods in donating 33,122 jars of Skippy peanut butter to Northern Illinois Food Bank in Geneva. The peanut butter, enough to make...
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Lincolnshire library collecting unwanted candy for charityNov 01, 2018 1:00 am - If the trick-or-treaters in your house bagged more miniature chocolate bars and artificially fruit-flavored bits than they - or you - could possibly eat, the Vernon Area...
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Santa arrives at Woodfield to start mall's holiday seasonNov 01, 2018 1:00 am - Santa declared the holiday shopping season open with his arrival Thursday evening at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, accompanied by the drum line from nearby Conant High S...
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Dundee Township gives residents a place to stop, shop for donated clothingNov 01, 2018 1:00 am - Down the hall from the Dundee Township supervisor's office, rooms that were vacant for years now are filled with racks of clothing for infants to adults, school-age chil...