Lifestyle Columns
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Keeping in contact with family, pets lifts the spiritsAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Contact with others plays an important part in cancer care. Consider some special contacts I've had in recent weeks. As an only child, with most of my close family in th...
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Cell phone headsets can minimize any possible cancer riskAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Recent news that the head of a leading cancer institute warned his staff to limit their cell phone use has raised questions again about the possible cancer risk. While m...
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Train excursion can be alluring - and why not AlbuquerqueAug 23, 2008 11:00 pm - No matter how wealthy you are, pride suffers no fall when you improvise methods of travel to get around the four-dollar a gallon syndrome. We see hybrids, bicycles, mot...
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Shower odors may be due to bad trapAug 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I look forward to reading your column every week in the Daily Herald and respect your opinions. I need help. For five years, we have owned an 18-year-old, three-story...
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Amazing experience at crossroads villageAug 23, 2008 11:00 pm - The year was 1919 and American doughboys were returning from war-torn Europe when Arthur Anderson opened his candy shop in Chicago. In 1926, with Chicago rents escalatin...
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How to dress for success in the airAug 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Last week when I cleared security at O'Hare, I saw something you rarely see these days. An elderly woman was tying one on. I'm not talking about throwing a few belts bac...
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Buyers must be patient when purchasing home in a short saleAug 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I am interested in purchasing a property that is currently in foreclosure from a friend. What additional things do I need to worry about because the property is i...
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Celebrate nature with all kinds of artAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Artistic Gardener is the latest Long Grove gallery opened by Rachel Perkal and Tobin Fraley, owners of Woodland Grove Gallery and Trillium. Artistic Gardener, 248 Robert...
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Forget money management gambling systemsAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - I just met another blackjack player who thinks he can beat the game with a money management system. Some of these systems are based on a clever betting progression, and ...
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This weekend in local cinemaAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Second Teen Film Fest Join me as master of ceremonies for the Second Annual Teen Film Fest today from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Twelve film shorts are entered. Three will receiv...