Lifestyle Columns
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Vampires, havoc make 'True Blood' a treatMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - "True Blood: Season One" Alan Ball, who created the HBO's series "Six Feet Under," has returned with the mystifying series "True Blood," a reworking of Charlaine Harris'...
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'Outrage' an angry, blistering expose'May 21, 2009 11:00 pm - 'Outrage' Kirby Dick ("This Movie is Not Yet Rated") goes on a rampage against hypocrisy in this blistering expose' of closeted politicians who hide their homosexuality ...
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'Dance Flick' a comic misstep with vicious undertonesMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Hardly a filmgoer on the planet will go see the latest Wayans brothers spoof, "Dance Flick," and not know what to expect: A threadbare plot stuffed with pop movie refere...
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Associations need to save money in a bad economyMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Saving money should always be the policy for most condo associations, but now it is on people's minds more than ever. The board of directors of a condominium homeowners ...
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Report says suburbanites should pay higher taxes than city dwellersMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - A plan that would require people who live in the suburbs to pay a larger share of the cost of fixing our nation's crumbling infrastructure is gathering support in some r...
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Final hail and farewell to NBC's Warner SaundersMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - WMAQ Channel 5 airs one last salute to retired anchor-reporter Warner Saunders with a special tribute called "Never Give Up" at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, May 24. It's part of a ...
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Now is a great time to upgrade to energy-efficient air conditioningMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. My old central air conditioner still works, but my electric bills are high during summer. With Obama's new energy tax credit, does it make sense to switch to a new on...
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'Museum' sequel doesn't live up to its comic potentialMay 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Had this unpretentious, goofy comedy been directed by a Robert Zemeckis or a Steven Spielberg, and been written by a Seth Rogen or a John Hamburg, it would have been sma...
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Unfairly maligned 'Valkyrie' a tense thrillerMay 20, 2009 11:00 pm - "Valkyrie" (two-disc special edition) - Why can't Bryan Singer catch a break? Fanboys anointed Singer a pop messiah for launching the current superhero-movie trend w...
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Drury Lane to present 'Pump Boys and Dinettes'May 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Drury Lane Oakbrook presents "Pump Boys and Dinettes," the roots rock, bluegrass and country western revue in which a quartet of likable grease monkeys and a pair of sas...