Lifestyle
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Good News Sunday: Des Plaines actor’s ‘full circle moment’ comes with lead role in Porchlight’s ‘Anything Goes’Jan 14, 2024 6:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: “Anything Goes,” Cole Porter’s 1934 tuner...
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Majority of donated clothes are sold to recyclers: What happens to them?Jan 14, 2024 5:30 am - We go behind the scenes at Chicago Textile Recycling in Carol Stream to learn where unwanted thrift-store clothing ends up
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3 time-sensitive money tasks for new widows and widowers
Jan 14, 2024 4:31 am - Widows and widowers are often told not to make any major decisions for a year or more after a spouse’s death. Grief can cause you to make choices you later regret. Some f...
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Algonquin Police Department starts snowman competition, encourages ‘community togetherness’
Jan 13, 2024 5:29 pm - Neighboring police departments and residents build their best snowmen in friendly competition An Algonquin Police Department Facebook post challenging neighboring towns ...
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Plunging temperatures to follow high suburban snowfall totalsJan 13, 2024 12:58 pm - Between the unusually high snowfalls of the previous day and a half and the dangerously plummeting temperatures to come, Saturday was probably the best time for suburbani...
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Time is the best cure for a hangoverJan 13, 2024 7:00 am - Q: I always thought that you get a hangover from drinking too much. But when I have a single mixed drink, or sometimes even just one glass of wine, I wake up feeling ...
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More adults sought help for ADHD during pandemic, contributing to drug shortagesJan 13, 2024 7:00 am - Prescriptions for ADHD treatments surged among adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, helping to fuel lingering shortages that frustrate parents and doctors. New prescripti...
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Drug- and alcohol-related heart disease and stroke deaths risingJan 13, 2024 6:30 am - While deaths from cardiovascular disease were falling over the first two decades of this century, those involving substance use rose an average of 4% per year, according ...
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Five resolutions for your child this yearJan 13, 2024 6:00 am - You, like many adults, may have started this new year off with a few well-intended resolutions. Because with the new year come new goals and the opportunity for a commitm...
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Skyview: Timber Trail Park becomes winter wonderland with help from Mother NatureJan 13, 2024 6:00 am - The tricks of heavy gusting winds and snow flurries that Mother Nature had in store for most of the suburbs this past Halloween was the most significant snowfall that we ...