Lifestyle Stories from September 4, 2014 (Change date)
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Kids Apps: SafetySep 05, 2014 6:07 am - Teaching your kids about safety is difficult. There is so much they need to know. Below are three iPad apps that will help keep your kids safe by reinforcing the safety ...
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How to travel with a lighter footprintSep 04, 2014 6:05 am - Is it possible to travel green as a family? Yes, with a little forethought and some ongoing awareness. Here are some tips for lowering your carbon footprint on your next...
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Flawed 'Falcon' flies with action star WhiteSep 05, 2014 6:07 am - This marks a first for any action movie I've ever seen: a tough, PTSD-suffering, suicidal ex-soldier takes a U.S. government agent job for the health benefits. But not f...
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'The Congress' a mad, meta Hollywood tripSep 04, 2014 11:22 am - "Very soon, this whole structure that we all love so much will be gone," prophesies Danny Huston's wide-grinning movie studio head in Ari Folman's "The Congress." He's ...
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Gire: Hollywood Palms hosts 'No Place Like Home' benefitSep 04, 2014 6:00 am - Film critics notebook • A 75th anniversary screening of MGM's classic musical “The Wizard of Oz” will benefit Aurora's Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity on Monday, Se...
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Baby's name won't change family's sad pastSep 04, 2014 6:58 am - Q. My husband and I are expecting our first child. We have been receiving a lot of family pressure to name him after my uncle “Ben.” Ben suffered from severe depression ...
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'Identical' a lackluster Elvis imitatorSep 04, 2014 10:18 pm - Here's a bit of Elvis Presley trivia that might surprise some: The King was a twin. His brother was stillborn and Presley, by some accounts, was haunted and fascinated b...
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Gire: 'Life After Beth' a lifeless rom-zom-comSep 04, 2014 2:27 pm - Mini-review: 'Life After Beth' For a romantic zombie comedy, Jeff Baena's "Life After Beth" comes up way short on laughs, scares, action and political insights into our ...
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Gire: Conventional 'Robin Hood' misses the sensational boatSep 04, 2014 12:43 pm - Mini-review: 'The Last of Robin Hood' The most interesting piece of trivia to come out of this bio-drama is that Hollywood star Errol Flynn could have played Humbert Hum...
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Move over Mom: Hold the fire, not the taste in kid-friendly bananas FosterSep 05, 2014 6:07 am - A few weeks ago I went to an exclusive dinner at Kendall College in Chicago (read in a snotty accent). It was a fundraising dinner and was made by chef Darin Nesbit, who...