Lifestyle
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Cleaning and improving your garageApr 23, 2023 1:00 am - Got a garage that's become an eyesore inside and out? You are not alone: 36% of Americans polled say their garages are so cluttered they can no longer park vehicles with...
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Fremd student earns prestigious national chess prizeApr 23, 2023 1:00 am - At 17, Aditya Gupta of Rolling Meadows has earned a distinction few teens have achieved. The 11th-grader at Fremd High School in Palatine is among only five high school ...
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Suburban Skyview: New Carvana vending machine in SchaumburgApr 22, 2023 3:00 pm - It's a one-of-a-kind experience, online auto dealer Carvana says of its 12-tier glass "vending machine," and the one along I-90 between Roselle and Meacham roads is cert...
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How your brain works to help you cope with deep griefApr 22, 2023 9:00 am - I just read a new book about the effects of grief on the brain, and the role of certain processes in the brain that help us cope with grief. It's called “The Grieving B...
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Volunteers tackle litter problem one piece at a timeApr 22, 2023 7:00 am - In 2003, four friends from the Johnsburg area began volunteering to pick up litter near the town's main stretch of road under McHenry County's Adopt-A-Highway program. T...
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'Walking pneumonia' mild but still needs to be treatedApr 22, 2023 7:00 am - Q: My wife and I both had COVID-19. I recovered, but my wife kept feeling sick. We worried it might be long COVID. But when she saw her doctor, she got diagnosed with wa...
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What can we do as prevalence of diabetes steadily increases?Apr 22, 2023 7:00 am - Over the course of my career as a pediatric endocrinologist, I've watched the incidence of diabetes among children steadily rise. Recent research from the Centers for Di...
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How to know it's time to splurge on replacement windowsApr 22, 2023 7:00 am - Is it feeling drafty in your house? Noticing higher energy bills? Getting more difficult to open and close your windows? These are telltale signs it may be time to repla...
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Book review: 'Koresh' drills down on dark chapter in U.S. history
Apr 22, 2023 6:00 am - "Koresh: The True story of David Koresh and the Tragedy at Waco" by Stephan Talty (Mariner Books) Thirty years ago, on April 19, 1993, after a 51-day sie...
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Keri Russell evolves from silky spy to sweaty 'Diplomat'