Lifestyle Columns
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Spanish Cava the perfect light wine for summerJul 22, 2008 11:00 pm - It's hot. You're late. Somebody forgot to pick up the wine for the barbecue, the music fest, the dinner with friends. ... Now what? Now, if you've cultivated a relations...
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'Caveman' coming to Noble FoolJul 22, 2008 11:00 pm - 'Caveman' returns The caveman Rob Becker created comes to Noble Fool as the west suburban theater presents the one-man show "Defending the Caveman," a comedic look at c...
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'Bank Job' scores as a great heist picJul 21, 2008 11:00 pm - "The Bank Job" (two-disc special edition) - I love heist films, and "The Bank Job" is a doozy: smart, funny and suspenseful. Veteran director Roger Donaldson tells a...
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French artist inspires local author's bookJul 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Miles Harvey wrote a book about a man who wouldn't speak with him, and now he's written another, but this time the subject has a convenient excuse: He lived and died alm...
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Distinction between shingles, chickenpoxJul 20, 2008 11:00 pm - "Is my son sick because he's been around my dad?" the stressed-out mother wanted to know. It was bad enough that her father was suffering from a painful case of shingles...
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Tight-fitting shoes can lead to bunionsJul 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I have been reading your column for years but have not seen anything about bunions. I am a 47-year-old female and have bunions on both of my feet. I work in retai...
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Important vitamin D does the body goodJul 20, 2008 11:00 pm - It's being hailed as a protection against a plethora of cancers, cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes and ev...
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Scooting about the hills of GalenaJul 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Buongiorno! You're sitting astride a motor scooter, the morning sun warm on your arms, the breeze pleasantly cool as you head for vineyards and wineries tucked into roll...
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Drainage problem needs to be addressed before restoring crawl spaceJul 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I recently discovered about 3 to 4 inches of standing water under my house. I pumped out the water and removed the plastic sheets that covered the ground so the ...
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Struggling borrowers get fresh start under MPI plan New mortgage insurance can fix the housing finance systemJul 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Editor's note: This is the final column in a five-part series that has appeared in the Sunday Home Plus section. This series of articles introduced a new type of mo...