Lifestyle Columns
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'Credit rescoring' helpful in time crunchOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Banks are tightening their loan requirements, but consumers who find that there are errors on their credit reports could get better loan terms if they hire a legitimate ...
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Post and beam home efficient, attractiveOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. We are planning a new home. What do you think about post and beam houses? We like how they look, but we are considered about energy efficiency. Are there different bu...
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Award-winning soprano back with Lyric for debut in 'La Boheme'Oct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Back "home" with an opera company she loves, American soprano Nicole Cabell is taking her recent worldwide celebrity in stride. Cabell, a 2005 alumna of the Lyric's Patr...
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Ebert is guest of honor at Chicago festivalOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - I had one question to ask Roger Ebert, so I did: "What's the biggest epiphany you've ever experienced because of a movie?" By e-mail, Ebert replied: "It was when the two...
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Having a baby a weighty issue for coupleOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. My husband and I are overweight. We both consider our weight issues genetic, and neither of us is especially serious about losing weight. We're trying to get pregnant...
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Seinfeld returns to bury NBC, not to praise itOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Good thing "30 Rock" just won the Emmy as outstanding comedy, because its scabrous satire touches a little too close to home where NBC executives are concerned when it b...
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Your problems not always on your friends' mindsOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. My father recently had fairly major surgery for the treatment of cancer. I was very anxious about it, and beforehand, I told a few of my friends about his upcomin...
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Craving for creativityOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Hockey sticks, baseball bats and fry pans are equally at home in 15-year-old Ryan Reifenberg's hands. It's not such an unlikely combination. The Barrington High School h...
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How to get off weight-loss plateauOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. I started exercising and began to lose weight but now the scale won't budge, even though I'm still exercising. What's wrong? A. When you started exercising yo...
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Broccoli's stem can be hard to swallowOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. How much of a broccoli plant should be eaten? I don't like it cooked, so I eat it raw or cut up in a salad. Should I be eating the stem, too? R.W., Griffin, Ga. ...