Lifestyle Columns
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Hot attic cause furnace blower to activateJan 19, 2020 5:00 am - Q: Last year we replaced our rock roof with asphalt shingles, and the strangest thing has been happening ever since. Whenever the weather is hot, the forced air furnace ...
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Owner can invite neighbors to meet board candidatesJan 18, 2020 6:00 am - Q: Can a unit owner in an association host a coffee to introduce select candidates for the board to the owners, or must all candidates be invited to attend? A: An indivi...
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Time is valuable because each day together is so preciousJan 18, 2020 5:00 am - Time is irreplaceable. It goes by, sometimes slowly, often quickly. We need to use time wisely and not waste it. When I was working for Motorola, one big project I led w...
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Feder: With or without Comcast, Marquee Sports Network to launch Feb. 22Jan 18, 2020 12:00 am - With just 34 days to go, Marquee Sports Network still has no deal with the Chicago area's largest cable company. But the new television home of the Chicago Cubs announce...
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Constable: Shirtless children's hospital 'mayor' brings strength and smiles for everyoneJan 18, 2020 12:00 am - Comfortable in his skin, 11-year-old Michael Carr of Bloomingdale sometimes peels off his shirt when he makes his rounds. "I'm known for it there," Michael says of the s...
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SAG Awards are like family for production manager from Buffalo GroveJan 18, 2020 12:00 am - To the public, the SAG Awards — airing Sunday — might look like just another movie and TV awards program. But production manager Adam Cohen, who grew up in Buffalo Grove...
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A journalist's version of the '2020 tip challenge' plays outJan 17, 2020 5:00 am - It's hard to say what I would have done if Donnie Wahlberg and his wife, Jenny McCarthy, the celebrities who call St. Charles their home, hadn't supplied a dose of motiv...
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Condo buyers must be given association's financial documentsJan 17, 2020 5:00 am - Q. My husband and I signed a contract a few weeks ago to sell our condo. Everything seemed to be going along fine until a couple days ago when our attorney received a le...
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Dialed-down Downey fumbles as iconic animal doc in ailing 'Dolittle'Jan 16, 2020 5:00 am - "Dolittle" - ★ ½ Snarky Tony Stark a bore? Impossible! And yet, in Stephen Gaghan's feckless, CGI/live-action fantasy "Dolittle," Robert Downey Jr. wrestles with a mishm...
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Oscars in the age of streaming: When you can watch 7 of the 9 nominees at homeJan 15, 2020 10:00 pm - Hollywood's old guard may not like the streaming age, but it has only benefited its audience. The 91st Academy Awards air Feb. 9 - less than a month from now - and film ...