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Your problems not always on your friends' mindsOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. My father recently had fairly major surgery for the treatment of cancer. I was very anxious about it, and beforehand, I told a few of my friends about his upcomin...
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Craving for creativityOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Hockey sticks, baseball bats and fry pans are equally at home in 15-year-old Ryan Reifenberg's hands. It's not such an unlikely combination. The Barrington High School h...
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Fire station's manifest destiny?Oct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - The new location of Mount Prospect's Fire Station 14, at 2000 E. Kensington Road, could be a familiar one. Preliminary discussions are under way for the village of Mount...
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Watch Zambrano earlyOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. How should Cubs hitters approach starting pitcher Brandon Webb? A. One of the things you have to do against Webb is get him to get the ball up. He's one of the few pi...
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Broadway lights shine on two from suburbsOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Katelyn Grunewald of Palatine felt like a celebrity last spring when she attended the Lake Zurich High School prom, with her date, Garrett Anderson of Lake Zurich. That ...
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How to get off weight-loss plateauOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. I started exercising and began to lose weight but now the scale won't budge, even though I'm still exercising. What's wrong? A. When you started exercising yo...
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Broccoli's stem can be hard to swallowOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. How much of a broccoli plant should be eaten? I don't like it cooked, so I eat it raw or cut up in a salad. Should I be eating the stem, too? R.W., Griffin, Ga. ...
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Now playing on the radio … the Cubs!Oct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Just as they did decades ago, Joan and Paul Souchek spent many hours listening to the radio to hear their cherished Chicago Cubs throughout the summer of 2007. And, thou...
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Shoppers share their secrets for saving moneyOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Your savings strategies have helped me save more, so I naturally believe the following suggestions from readers will help some of you save more money, too. Despite the f...
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Cubs need to be kings of world (Series)Oct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - PHOENIX -- Nothing short of getting to the World Series will do. Changing the Cubs' culture … establishing a foundation … providing hope for the future … None of that ma...