Lifestyle Columns
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Marriott revives classic 'Fiddler on the Roof'Feb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Ross Lehman and Paula Scrofano star as the milkman Tevye and his wife Golde in Marriott Theatre's production of "Fiddler on the Roof," the Sheldon Harnick-Joseph Stein m...
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Winemakers brave the cold for ice wineFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Wine farmers are a tough bunch. When their climate is warm and sunny, they make warm, sunny wines like California Chardonnay or Australian Shiraz. And when the weather t...
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'Jersey Boy' Ingersoll may have a new hitFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - A Broadway film crew set up shop last week at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights. They were on hand to capture what has become a surefire sellout...
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Oatmeal good for your heart, good for others tooFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Brighten someone's day, help the hungry, help your heart. You can hit that trifecta by downloading Quaker's "OatMail" application. The program sends to a person of your ...
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Fish oil good for long life, your telomeresFeb 07, 2010 10:00 pm - Your mother might have told you that eating fish can make you smarter. What she didn't know is that regular consumption of fish oil might help you live longer. In a rece...
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Attic 'thumps' may just be fluctuations in the woodFeb 06, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. Every once in a while, when it is quiet in the morning, I hear a thump that seems to come from my attic. There are no animals in my attic, so where does that thum...
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Tips to keep your bags from taking flightFeb 06, 2010 10:00 pm - Last week when Kelly Cline traveled with her 9-month-old baby to the Bahamas, she lost it. It wasn't that she became so violent that flight attendants had to handcuff he...
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These shopping secrets help solve the reverse mortgage puzzleFeb 06, 2010 10:00 pm - Part four of a series. As noted in the previous columns in this series, the financial crisis has made the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM), insured by the Federal...
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Explore your various options to end a time shareFeb 06, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. My lady friend and I own three time shares in Pompano Beach, Fla., and Las Vegas. I'm 79, and we've decided to sell all three. We have been scammed in the past by...
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Rather than argue, talk about kids' study habitsFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. I am a mother of two teenage girls, 16 and 13. They are both bright. Both of them, however, have a habit that drives me completely out of my mind. Neither one...