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A customer shops at a GNC store.

Answers to your questions about supplements

Supplement timing can seem complicated, so let's simplify when to take some of the most common dietary supplements and why.
Katie James and son Caiden Casas, 3, of Schaumburg get ready to launch balloons at the GiGi's Playhouse in Hoffman Estates.

GiGi's Playhouse marks World Down Syndrome Day

GiGi's Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Centers celebrated World Down Syndrome Day Thursday with an open house at its Hoffman Estates headquarters at 2350 W. Higgins Road.
Robin Czerniak, brother of the owner of the Central Continental Bakery in Mount Prospect, hands out strawberry samples of the traditional polish pastry, paczki, to patrons waiting on orders to be picked up as the Fat Tuesday rush fills the bakery.

Why Catholics, Christians fast during Lent, and how practices have changed

For many generations, Lent has meant gorging on paczkis on Fat Tuesday then giving up sweets on Ash Wednesday. A more contemporary take is less about food and more about swearing off entertainment and social media, such as Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.
Freezing meat for a brief time makes cutting easier.

Six ways to make kitchen prep work easier and tidier

When you send as much time in the kitchen as Becky Krystal does, you pick up a few tricks along the way. Some are designed to simplify recipe prep work.
Chocolate Almost-Mousse.
This eggless take on chocolate mousse is a breeze to make and a dream to eat
Creamy, chocolaty, indulgent -- not quite mousse but way more than pudding.
Kitchen mentor Sarah Wais, on right, works with high school students in the Fox Valley Food for Health kitchen in preparing healthy meals for those suffering from cancer and other illnesses. The nonprofit will hold a Spring Market on March 30 in Geneva to showcase healthy foods and food-related businesses.
Get healthy at Fox Valley Food For Health's Spring Market
Healthy foods and food-related businesses will be featured at Fox Valley Food For Health's Spring Market, set for March 30 in Geneva.
Dietitian Kathleen Keane dressed as a peapod to bring a goody basket to Alexis Casio, 16, of Glendale Heights Wednesday at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield.
'Produce Posse' shares nutrition tips with kids at CDH
The Produce Posse visits sick kids at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield to teach them about eating healthy.
These 16-inch softballs aren’t as hard and don’t move as fast as baseballs or 12-inch softballs. But with players required to use their bare hands to catch line drives, the balls have provided many jammed and broken fingers.
Constable: Can 16-inch softball compete against cricket?
Once a favorite pastime of aging athletes, 16-inch softball is an endangered species in some suburbs. The game played with no mitts isn't nearly as popular in Naperville as cricket.
The Larrabee house in the 1920s.
Geneva's historic Larrabee House to be renovated as gathering place for St. Mark's Church
The historic Larrabee House in Geneva, which was built in 1854, will undergo extensive renovations with the goal of becoming a gathering place for St. Mark's Church.
An aunt who introduced her underage niece to R. Kelly and suspects abuse said in the "Surviving R. Kelly" docuseries on Lifetime that she hoped he would propel the teen's music career.
New documentaries spotlight parents of child sexual abuse
A recent trio of documentaries on the subject of child sexual abuse leave some viewers wondering: Where were the parents?
Attorney Jeff Anderson speaks as attorney Marc Pearlman, left, and clergy abuse victims listen during a news conference Wednesday in Chicago. Advocates for clergy abuse victims say their list of 395 priests or lay people in Illinois who have been publicly accused of sexually abusing children is far more extensive than the names already released by the state’s six dioceses.
Abuse victim advocates release list of 395 accused priests, church staffers
Advocates for clergy abuse victims released the names Wednesday of 395 priests and church staff members in Illinois they say have been publicly accused of sexually abusing children -- a roster more than twice as long as what the state's six dioceses previously released.
Batavia High School graduate Andrew Bruhn is a successful choral director, composer, trumpeter and teacher.
Batavia grad reflects on his road to success as a choral director, composer and trumpeter
Batavia High School alum Andrew Bruhn, a successful choral director, composer and trumpeter, reflects on his journey from music student to music teacher.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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