Lifestyle Columns
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Home inspector and electrician disagreeAug 25, 2019 6:00 am - Q. The lady who bought our home hired a home inspector and then nearly drove us nuts with repair demands. The main problem was a faulty finding in the inspection report....
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Cousin doesn't know she's a sperm-donor childAug 25, 2019 6:00 am - Q. My mother conceived both my brother and me using a sperm donor. This information was never kept from us, and my mother has spoken openly about it throughout our lives...
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Vivid memories of adventures and traveling help with griefAug 24, 2019 7:30 am - Adventures while traveling with your loved ones create special memories. These memories plus the artifacts and souvenirs from such trips are very helpful in coping wit...
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Is caffeine good or bad for you?Aug 24, 2019 7:00 am - Caffeine. Is it good or bad? We get this question all the time, and the answer really depends on your goals and overall state of health. Caffeine is a central nervous sy...
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What about tipping an agent?Aug 24, 2019 6:00 am - Q. We are buying our first house, and we're both so pleased with the extra help our real estate agent has been giving us. She will be paid by the sellers, and we won't h...
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Constable: Study shows we can shed the 'Crazy Cat Lady' stereotypeAug 24, 2019 1:00 am - In this world where we label and divide everything into two extreme camps, the pet world gives us "Dog People" and "Crazy Cat Ladies." But the stereotype of the "Crazy ...
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Widescreen: A celebration and a history lesson, 'Pose' was the show of summerAug 23, 2019 6:00 am - The best TV show in the immediate post-Targaryen era is not “Stranger Things” or “Orange is the New Black,” though Netflix's big guns did make this deathly hot summer a ...
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The story behind the Claudia's Grove marker in Peck Farm Park in GenevaAug 23, 2019 6:00 am - It's hard to say whether not knowing a thing about the person being honored through comforting words on a plaque in a stone marker is better than knowing everything abou...
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Taxpayer can file a claim for missed homeowners exemptionAug 23, 2019 6:00 am - Q. My wife and I purchased our first home about three years ago. A friend was looking at my current real estate tax bill and noticed I was not receiving the homeowners e...
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Mom of slain Des Plaines boy brings 'light from the darkness' with help from famous friendsAug 23, 2019 5:30 am - Patricia Frontain still remembers the moment her grief over her 14-year-old son's slaying turned into something much more powerful. It was about a year after a 22-year-o...