Columns
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Secret spot delivers under tough conditionsOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - With my ice-fishing garb wrapped around my body, I gingerly stepped on a very mushy bank and flipped the tiny, white Mini-Mite jig parallel to the shoreline. By all stan...
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Burnett gets generous 'American Masters' treatmentOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - PBS' "American Masters" continues its thematic miniseries on apparently unhappy humorists with "Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character." Debuting at 9 p.m. Monday on WTTW C...
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Federal response to wildfires wasn't as great as you'd thinkOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN DIEGO -- The narrative being spun by the White House -- and seemingly adopted by the national media -- is that the Bush administration learned from its mistakes afte...
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Memories flood back on eve of big gameOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - St. Charles and Geneva haven't banged heads on a football field for nearly 30 years, since the days when fans packed the stands at the Saints' Reid Field near Thompson M...
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Look for reality -- not equality -- in marriageOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. Some friends were recently talking of marriage, but there is a problem: She makes several times what he makes, and they don't know how to divide the bills. If the...
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Make an ordinary meal extraordinary in 10 minutesOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - I've been sautéing chicken breasts and thighs and lean beef and pork in my well-seasoned iron skillet for years. A well-seasoned iron skillet has similar properties to a...
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Repairs to cemetery almost complete; will reopen soonOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - The Dundee Township Cemetery West will be open in time for people to lay holiday wreaths on the graves of their loved ones. In fact, it might even be open for the public...
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Exercise is key in keeping insulin levels normalOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. Can certain foods help with hyperinsulinemia? A. Your overall diet and lifestyle can have strong effects in reducing hyperinsulinemia, the term for elevated b...
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What 'fly' means to you may not be mom's definitionOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - "Why do we use the words that we do?," asked Jennifer Blum, 11, a sixth-grader at West Oak Middle School in Mundelein. The study of words is called lexicology. A diction...
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Fashionably modestOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - By the time she entered Kaneland High School, Summer Bellessa was a successful model. Her friends would tear out pictures of her from Glamour and Cosmopolitan magazines ...