Lifestyle Columns
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'Spy Next Door' another disappointing kiddie comedyJan 14, 2010 10:00 pm - Brian Levant's "The Spy Next Door" is being marketed as a family comedy, but for action movie fans, it's truly a tragedy. Jackie Chan, one of the greatest and most popul...
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Dann opens the mail bag (e-mail inbox?) for reader reactionJan 13, 2010 10:00 pm - 'Up in the Air' flawed? Hi, Dann: I found your piece on possible parallels between "A Christmas Carol" and "Up in the Air" quite interesting. One of the major dif...
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Production solid, but only so much can be done with 'Funny Girl'Jan 13, 2010 10:00 pm - There's a reason why "Funny Girl" - the fictionalized account of the ascent of comedienne, singer and Ziegfeld Follies star Fanny Brice - doesn't get many revivals. And ...
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TV3: Jack's back for his 8th dayJan 13, 2010 10:00 pm - '24' in Manhattan Kiefer Sutherland returns as Jack Bauer for the eighth season of "24" at 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, on Fox WFLD Channel 32. This year, it's set in ...
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Butterless cookies a healthy start to new yearJan 12, 2010 10:00 pm - The inspiration for this "healthy" cookie came from San Diego Desperation Dinners reader Karen Singer. Karen wrote to us that she had adapted the Vanishing Oatmeal Cooki...
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The LePores make a variety of mini calzonesJan 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Sharing a kitchen for 24 years, with no food fights
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Video games with physical activity can be good exerciseJan 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. Do active video games such as Wii count toward recommended amounts of physical activity? A. Playing video games that involve movement and increase a player's h...
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Hands-on approach yields the best breadJan 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Editor's note: Annie Overboe is taking some time off. This column originally appeared on Jan. 2, 2001. "Be there no greater find than a warm loaf of bread and a cool pin...
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Soy or no soy for breast-cancer survivors?Jan 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Years ago, it was discovered that most breast cancer cells have receptors that bind the hormone estrogen. Research revealed that if animal estrogen attached to these rec...
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Keloid scars usually hard to treatJan 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. My 14-year-old son recently had a keloid scar removed from the crease of his neck for the third time and had it radiated for the second time. Should I have consulted ...