Lifestyle Columns
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Spring cleaning inspiresMar 24, 2009 11:00 pm - I love spring: crocuses and warm breezes, Windbreakers and sidewalk chalk. I don't like spring cleaning. But, of course, I do it and this week I focused on my pantry. I ...
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Libertyville's Julie Finley makes french apple pieMar 24, 2009 11:00 pm - A full-time nurse, wife and mother of five, Julie Finley is a bundle of energy and common sense. Feeding a big family is no different from a small one, she contends, "i...
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Healthy lifestyle lowers risksMar 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. It seems overwhelming to think about what I can eat to address high cholesterol, high blood pressure and the need to lose weight. Where do I start? A. Try not...
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Fresh fruit coffeecake pays homage to its ancestorsMar 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Editor's note: Annie Overboe is taking some time off. This column originally appeared March 27, 2002. While attending the Culinary Institute in New York's Hyde Park...
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No person, creep or not, can fill gaping hole in your lifeMar 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I'm pretty sure I'm addicted to a person. It's not doing anything good for my life when I continue to see him even though he spent two nights with me and another ...
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Put your best shoe forward and your boots in the closetMar 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Winter boots, be gone. It's time to put something on your feet that's not lined with fur or made of waterproof material. Some of the coolest new shoes and coming out thi...
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Mortgage disclosures fail borrowers at alarming rateMar 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. The Associated Press recently ran a story about how the mortgage crisis was leading the federal government and states to tighten licensing and other requirements for ...
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Second mortgagee needs to see some money to release a lienMar 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. My husband lost his job about a year ago and after struggling for months to pay our two mortgages, we have finally given up and realize we cannot hold on to our home....
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Visit World War II memorial cemetery near LuxembourgMar 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Q: A member of my family who served in the Army in the European Theater during World War II is buried in a military cemetery near Luxembourg. We plan on going to the...
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Ask questions before you take off for unfamiliar 'paradise'Mar 21, 2009 11:00 pm - My next-door neighbor called recently to brag about the free trip she had just received through the mail. According to the letter, she was one of 20 people receiving a c...