Lifestyle Columns
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Go organic, do your homework to avoid GMO foodsMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Genetically-modified foods sit on supermarket shelves largely unnoticed because those foods do not have to be identified on the label or in the ingredient list as geneti...
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Welcome warm weather with seasonal brewsMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - I think we've finally hit the point in the year where we can keep our coats in the closet. The warmer weather not only means a change in outerwear, but a change in what ...
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Renee Burns makes shrimp and scallop kebabsMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Your children eat avocados, right? And zucchini, garlic, green peppers and fennel? How about salmon, calamari, shrimp and scallops? Renee Burns' children do, well, not...
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Your teen still needs to sleep like a babyMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - School was going pretty well, and with a number of B's and a smattering of A's to show for his effort, the high school freshman should have been pleased with his academi...
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Woman struggles with how to explain 'parting gift' in divorceMay 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. I am 30, and going through a divorce. Against my better judgment but still employing two forms of birth control, the husband I'm divorcing and I were intimate....
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Professional courtesy, not law, guides agent's decisionMay 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. We've been looking for a house for about a year. We went to an open house and liked the house. We called later and asked to see it again. Today, we were out wi...
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Previous owner's share of property tax is paid at closingMay 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. My wife and I bought a house in McHenry County last year. We just got our tax bill and it is much higher than we thought it would be. We also did not get enough m...
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Regulator approval of 'wind-down' plans: an alternative to bailoutMay 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Editor's note: This is the second column in a series appearing Sundays in Homes Plus. The most traumatic and disruptive feature of the recent financial crisis was that t...
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The mistake is an improperly installed roofMay 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. Based on your advice, my neighbors covered up their gable vents when their new roof was installed with ridge vents. I was about to do the same thing when a friend...
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Dull tool blades can turn an easy chore into a tough taskMay 06, 2010 11:00 pm - You've probably heard the expression "He's not the sharpest tool in the shed." Well, if not, you're lucky. We have. A dull-bladed tool is slow, inefficient and increases...