Lifestyle Columns
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Columnist Kenneth Harney dies at 75May 23, 2019 11:00 pm - Kenneth R. Harney, the author for four decades of the syndicated real estate column "The Nation's Housing," which explored issues faced by homeowners and homebuyers, die...
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Movie review: Horror sci-fi tale fueled by nature vs. nurture premiseMay 23, 2019 6:00 am - “Brightburn” - ★ ★ ½ The science-fiction/horror tale/superhero fantasy “Brightburn” feels like the overextended opening act of a much more promising movie glimpsed in a ...
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Four dangerous words: 'I told you so'May 22, 2019 11:00 pm - Some words should almost never be used. A good example is the four words strung together to create the sentence "I told you so." Separately these words are fairly harml...
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New twists give Guy Ritchie's wavering remake of 'Aladdin' its own identityMay 22, 2019 12:00 pm - “Aladdin” - ★ ★ ½ It takes 45 minutes for this turgid, unflatteringly lighted, majorly miscast, hit-and-misdirected, live-action remake of the beloved 1992 Walt Disney ...
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Cauliflower rises to steak substitute statusMay 21, 2019 11:00 pm - Pizza crust, mashed, fried, pickled, bagels, tortillas, riced; who would have ever imagined you can make all of these out of cauliflower? As someone who grew up eating s...
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Constable: Hunter takes aim at softening views on gunsMay 21, 2019 5:30 am - The poster shows the buff arms of some heavily tattooed guy clutching an intimidating-looking black rifle. "This," says Butch Navarro, a 63-year-old gun instructor certi...
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Abandonment issues getting in the way of my happinessMay 21, 2019 1:00 am - Q. I have significant abandonment issues because of my childhood. Now that I'm 30, I've grown past the worst of it. My long-term boyfriend recently asked me to marry him...
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I'm not happy I decided to get pregnant after allMay 20, 2019 11:00 pm - Q. I just found out I'm pregnant and I'm not happy about it. Quick backstory: I'm about to turn 40 and recently married my boyfriend of six years. We almost didn't get m...
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Hunt for former car leads to Pontiac projectMay 20, 2019 6:00 am - When Lance Buhrman was in his early 20s, he possessed his dream car: a Jade Green 1968 Firebird Ram Air 400. He was living in Libertyville and life was good, as he cruis...
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Disclosure dispute jeopardizes home saleMay 19, 2019 6:00 am - Q. I have an accepted offer to buy a home, but I'm ready to cancel the deal. My home inspector reported that exhaust from the forced-air furnace is spilling into the hou...