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Leap into these activities on FridayFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Friday is our leap year day. Once every four years, the calendar adds an entire extra day to accommodate the 365.24219 days it takes the Earth to travel around the sun....
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Fatherly advice to save your life in NIU-style disasterFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Over the weekend, I sent this letter to my own children who are in high school and college: Dear Goudie children, I'm sad and sorry to be writing this to you, but there ...
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Challenges aplenty since last columnFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Since my last column, which ran Feb. 11, I've been an inpatient at Evanston Hospital, eaten too much food and lost about 12 pounds. Go figure! Through the portacath ne...
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Pricey campaign promises don't often add upFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama promises $4,000 credits to help pay college tuition. Hillary Rodham Clinton backs $25 billion for home heating subsidies. And John McCain want...
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Will meds help build bone?Feb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. Would you kindly comment on Forteo, a bone-formation medication now being prescribed by some physicians to treat osteoporosis? Thank you. A. Forteo is a synthetic f...
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Burned twice, will Reinsdorf become gun-shy?Feb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - After last week's Ben Wallace trade, Bulls general manager John Paxson talked about being positioned for when the next major acquisition opportunity presents itself. Mak...
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Benefit auction: Fun for you, help for people in needFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - For those of us who have hunkered down in our homes and endured all that winter could throw at us, enticing thoughts of a vacation escape are flirting with our Midwester...
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Cutting bait with Wallace right move, but what next?Feb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - HOUSTON -- In the aftermath of Thursday's departure of Ben Wallace, the most comical occurrence has been the number of people claiming that no one criticized the Wallace...
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Holding on through this raw day and the rough ones to comeFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - DeKALB - Like whitecaps in winter, it crashed in frigid waves, taken by storm and tossed about. Uncontrollable and unmistakable, the pent-up tsunami of raw emotion rolle...
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Builder, Realtor has left his mark on WheatonFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Several themes run through Ralph Smykal's family tree for four generations: real estate, community service and philanthropy, most recently in Wheaton. Smykal's great-gr...