Lifestyle Columns
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Ringling chef serious about feeding circus performers, crewNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Between meetings for work, getting kids to swim practice, texting your spouse about pickup times, pulling dinner from the freezer and making sure homework gets done and ...
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Girlfriend unrealistic about her 'sacrifice'Nov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. I met the love of my life in college and we both graduated last year. This college happens to be in my home state, but not his. His career plans before we met were to...
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Local filmmakers to present new comedyNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - CNGM Pictures, a group of indie filmmakers (many grads of Palatine's Fremd High School) present "Never Have I Ever," a comic romance about a wallflower's plot to hook up...
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Be a coupon champNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - What's the worst thing about using grocery coupons? Hands-on scissor time, organization hassles, fear that your time investment won't pay off? Whatever you hate about co...
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Convenience desserts not always easy on the walletNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - My last trip to the grocery store left me stunned. The bill was so high my it took my breath away and left me wondering where I could trim things. One key to saving mone...
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A fresh take on the patriotic pinNov 03, 2008 10:00 pm - They say, in modern politics, that style is everything. So when the people at Men's Vogue magazine got tired of seeing the old-fashioned American flag pin on every polit...
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NBC's Saunders cutting back to just 10 p.m. newsNov 03, 2008 10:00 pm - WMAQ Channel 5 anchor Warner Saunders will cut back to just the 10 p.m. newscast with the new year on his way to retiring midway through 2009. NBC has ordered a full sea...
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Steve Carell carries the day in 'Get Smart'Nov 03, 2008 10:00 pm - "Get Smart" (two-disc special edition) - "Get Smart" is neither the best nor the worst of Hollywood's recent attempts to turn old television series into box office g...
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Belittling her dogs raises her hacklesNov 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. I am single with no kids but have dogs. Sometimes I think my brother thinks his life is more important than mine because he has children. When the subject of my newly...
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Scan takes on new meaning for cancer patientsNov 02, 2008 10:00 pm - There are many variations in the simple word "scan." We scan our newspapers; we scan e-mails; we scan a crowd to spot friends and family. Seldom do we think of using the...