Lifestyle
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EXPLAINER: How warming affects Arctic sea ice, polar bears
Nov 06, 2021 7:00 am - Majestic, increasingly hungry and at risk of disappearing, the polar bear is dependent on something melting away on our warming planet: sea ice. In the harsh and unforgi...
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Board can appoint, not remove, a memberNov 06, 2021 7:00 am - Q: The board of our common interest community association appointed a person to fill a vacancy. The person who was appointed to the board turned out to be a complete "fa...
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Getting a flu shot lessens stress on health care providersNov 06, 2021 7:00 am - Q: Do I really have to get a flu shot this year? I'm still social distancing, wearing a mask and not attending indoor events. I got the shot last year, but then there wa...
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Home office how-to: Ways to increase spatial efficiency in your home officeNov 06, 2021 7:00 am - If you haven't been working from home regularly or at all since the start of the pandemic, chances are telecommuting may be in your future. Consider that 36.2 million Am...
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Newest artificial fireplace logs have advantages over woodNov 06, 2021 7:00 am - Q: I want to help the environment and use my fireplace more often but hate handling firewood. Is using commercial firelogs better than real wood and what types are best?...
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Finnish candlesticks evoke memories of wonderful tripsNov 06, 2021 6:00 am - I have lots of objects in my house, accumulated over 30 years since we first moved here many years ago. Many are from trips to Scandinavia. Today I have Finnish candlest...
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Longtime Palatine resident remembered as devoted volunteer who 'made helping people his passion'Nov 06, 2021 1:00 am - Donald Van Cleave, who devoted himself to helping others after retiring from the Standard Oil Company, is being remembered for his nearly three decades of dedicated serv...
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Arlington Heights veterans breakfast returns with full slate of tributesNov 06, 2021 1:00 am - Upended by the pandemic last year, Arlington Heights' popular veterans breakfast returned Saturday morning with full capacity and a full slate of tributes to local servi...
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'It's a therapy': Mundelein man brings golf to fellow veterans with disabilitiesNov 06, 2021 1:00 am - U.S. Army veteran Jim Nelson of Mundelein isn't great at golf but says there's more to the game than scoring well. Through his involvement with the Healthy Minds, Health...
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'Oh my God, where are these kids?': How COVID-19 obscured true picture of homeless suburban studentsNov 06, 2021 1:00 am - Months into the pandemic, school districts across Illinois braced for a rise in the number of students without stable housing. The COVID-19 crisis had unleashed widespr...