Lifestyle
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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'
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Aging-in-place features can keep you at home longerApr 22, 2023 6:00 am - Middle-age isn't too soon to start thinking about where and how you want to live as you get older. If you're like most Americans, the place you want to be long-term is a...