Lifestyle Columns
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Frozen fruit bars contain widely varying amounts of juiceJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. Are frozen juice bars and popsicles lower in calories than the conventional fruit-flavored popsicles? A. No, unless they are a smaller size, calories of juice ba...
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Jeanne Enright makes peanut-free cookiesJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Jeanne Enright became a cookie-baking machine about six years ago when she discovered that her daughter, Grace, now 8, has a life-threatening allergy to peanuts. As many...
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Appetizing pizza: Go ahead, be crabbyJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - We're always in search of easy appetizers during the impromptu summer entertaining season. When Alicia tasted an unusual "appetizer" pizza at one of her favorite Italian...
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Cavalia the Cirque du Soleil of equestrian artsJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Equine extravaganza Cavalia does for equestrian arts what Cirque du Soleil did for the circus arts. Founded by Normand Latourelle, a co-founder of Cirque du Soleil, Cava...
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Are there nonsurgical treatments for carotid-artery disease?Jul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I am 84 years old and have carotid-artery disease. I had an endarterectomy on the right side of my neck. My doctor checks the left side by ultrasound every three ...
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Steppenwolf's 'Up' pits dreamer against pragmatistJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Bridget Carpenter's "Up" unfolds not as a soaring statement about the pursuit of dreams, but as a more grounded admonition about sustaining balance in one's life: about ...
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The strange case of the tiptoeing toddlerJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - The phone call covered a wide range of childcare questions, from feeding techniques to sleep challenges, but the issue that bothered the mother most was the fact that sh...
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Security measures still stepping on toesJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Last week when Barb Person flew from Detroit to Minneapolis, she was sure she would arrive with a case of full-blown athlete's foot. Here's why. Barb forgot she would h...
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Buyers dismayed by unsigned building permitsJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. We bought our home about four months ago, and now have a big, undisclosed problem. The house is very old and was completely renovated; not by the person who sold us t...
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Mortgage repayment yields big returnsJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - One consequence of the financial crisis has been to make investment in mortgage repayment increasingly attractive. Mortgage repayment is a riskless investment that yield...