Lifestyle Stories from May 23, 2020 (Change date)
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How to handle plumbing and other services during a pandemicMay 23, 2020 7:00 am - Routines have been upended as the world reels from the coronavirus pandemic. Gatherings are canceled, businesses are shuttered and people are encouraged to stay home as ...
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Home LaunchMay 23, 2020 7:00 am - On May 27, NASA astronauts are set to blast into orbit from home turf on a private company's rocket - a first since the end of the space shuttle era in 2011. The AP wil...
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The great video chat faceoff: Six apps. Dozens of heads. One came out on top.May 23, 2020 6:25 am - To Zoom, or not to Zoom? That is the question. Zoom videoconferencing's Brady Bunch grid of faces has become synonymous with working, learning and even partying from hom...
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The hunt for a work-from-home webcam: A story of broken supply chains, 'sold-out' messages and refreshing online cartsMay 23, 2020 6:22 am - SAN FRANCISCO - All those hours of pandemic-induced video conference calls, chats with family and hangouts with friends are straining our eyes - and, apparently, straini...
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Copyright bots and classical musicians are fighting online, and the bots are winningMay 23, 2020 6:21 am - A few Sundays ago, Camerata Pacifica artistic director Adrian Spence, aided by his tech-savvy son Keiran, went live on Facebook to broadcast a previously recorded perfor...
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Your COVID-19 Top Ten preparedness checklistMay 23, 2020 6:00 am - Each day in Illinois, we see around 2,000 new cases of COVID-19. The virus is not yet contained. We still need to be on guard. The good news is, about 80% of cases are m...
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After a loss, you may need to strengthen your 'sense of self'May 23, 2020 6:00 am - There is a colloquial way of talking in the South and Old West — “I'm fixin' to go” — meaning “I am getting ready to go.” In Minnesota when I was growing up, local peopl...
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Help kids handle anger, frustration over the COVID-19 shutdownMay 23, 2020 6:00 am - As Illinois' stay-at-home order persists and summer plans look different from usual, some kids are getting frustrated. They're angry. They're bored. Some of these feelin...
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A song to make you smile: 'All I Wanna Do' by Sheryl CrowMay 23, 2020 5:30 am - We're trying to inject a little positivity in the paper (and on dailyherald.com) with a daily "Song to Make You Smile." It's designed to help lift you out of your corona...
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Addison couple weds on front steps of their homeMay 23, 2020 1:00 am - The low hum of a leaf blower faded into the background as wedding music filled an Addison neighborhood Saturday. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, Sal Scianna and Monik...