Lifestyle Stories from September 16, 2019 (Change date)
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Foner writes timely new book on Reconstruction amendmentsSep 16, 2019 10:05 am - "The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution" (W.W. Norton and Co.), by Eric Foner It took the United States two tries to get the C...
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Actress Jessica Hecht's Emmy night comes down to the dressSep 16, 2019 1:05 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Jessica Hecht, the "Special" actress, inherited at least a couple of things from her mother: "I'm lucky to be sample size. My mother gave me many gifts a...
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Review: 'Red at the Bone' is Woodson's dazzling new novelSep 16, 2019 9:05 am - "Red at the Bone" (Riverhead Books), by Jacqueline Woodson Jacqueline Woodson begins her dazzling new novel, "Red at the Bone," with an afterthought, in the middle of th...
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Through highs and lows, Cobra still the car of his dreamsSep 18, 2019 6:22 am - In the fall of 1979, Kevin Fangman was over the moon. The 17-year-old had just bought his dream: a 1977 Ford Mustang Cobra II. Head over heels in love with the car, he e...
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Atwood's 'The Testaments' takes readers on wild rideSep 16, 2019 1:05 pm - "The Testaments" (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday), by Margaret Atwood Margaret Atwood wrote her much-anticipated sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale" in a number of places, like "th...
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Suburban habitats: Readers' photos of local wildlifeSep 19, 2019 6:49 am - Check out our Daily Herald Suburban Wildlife page on Facebook, www.facebook.com/group/suburbanwildlife/. There, you will find what many people have asked us about: A pla...
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Solitary eastern red bat seems to break all the rulesSep 17, 2019 6:24 am - Now is the time when leaves fall and some birds head south. There is an often-overlooked warm-blooded migrant that benefits from the colorful autumnal leaves: the easter...
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See grasses in all their glory at a suburban tallgrass prairieSep 18, 2019 6:20 am - See grasses in all their glory at a suburban tallgrass prairie
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Why your access to the heart of Volo Bog is likely to remain closed awhileSep 19, 2019 10:29 am - While most of the Volo Bog State Natural Area in Ingleside remains open and accessible for public exploration and other activities, its namesake feature is off limits an...
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What a school assembly: Larkin High students get free concert, recording studio donationSep 17, 2019 5:18 pm - For two hours Monday, the baseball field at Larkin High School in Elgin was transformed into a live-music concert venue as a homecoming week treat. What began as an ordi...