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Wednesday, December 12, 2018

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Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com This year’s Suburban Mosaic book selections.

Suburban Mosaic: How one regional reading program promotes empathy and understanding

In its 15th year, the Suburban Mosaic reading program, which promotes books that highlight diversity and social justice, is still going strong, thanks to efforts by local librarians.
The CDC is warning people not to eat cookie dough, a temptation at holiday time.

The CDC keeps warning people not to eat raw cookie dough -- even though it's delicious

That means no taste-testing batter or dough -- not for cookies, cakes, pies or even bread and pizza crust. Not even a tiny taste.
Travel writer and TV host Rick Steves is scheduled to appear at the Travel & Adventure Show at Rosemont’s Donald E. Stephens Convention Center on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 12 and 13.

Plan ahead: Rick Steves at the Travel & Adventure Show in Rosemont and 'Shen Yun' tour visits

Order your tickets now: "Shen Yun" tours to Rockford, Chicago, Aurora and Rosemont, the Travel & Adventure Show returns to Rosemont and American Grands play in Elgin.
Poinsettias, a popular holiday plant, like lots of bright, indirect sunlight.

Select a healthy Christmas tree before bringing it home

When choosing a Christmas tree, select one with firm needles that don't drop off when the tree is raised up a few inches and dropped to the ground. A small amount of needles dropping is normal.
Watchdog groups found high levels of fluorine in five of the 17 items tested at Whole Foods — four of which were take-out containers for its salad and hot food bar. These items have been removed from Whole Foods Market, the company said in an email.
Whole Foods is cutting food packaging with cancer-linked chemicals
Watchdog groups found high levels of fluorine in five of the 17 items tested at Whole Foods -- four of which were take-out containers for its salad and hot food bar.
Believe Project: Mundelein woman wants to pass $100 to her struggling sister
Today's recipient of a $100 bill through the Believe Project is Barbara Tweed of Mundelein. Here is an excerpt of her story ...
The practice of adding color to cheddar cheese reaches back to when cheesemakers in England skimmed the butterfat from milk to make butter, according to Elizabeth Chubbuck of Murray's Cheese in New York.
Artificial dyes fading, but food will still get color boosts
Many companies including McDonald's and Kellogg are purging artificial colors from their foods, but don't expect your cheeseburgers or cereal to look much different.
Are you coughing? Do you have a fever, chills, a sore throat or a headache?
It's flu season: What you need to know
Are you coughing? Do you have a fever, chills, a sore throat or a headache? You might have the flu. Here's what you need to know.
Adults should consider the example they are setting for children when drinking alcohol this holiday season.
Eat, drink (responsibly) and be merry this holiday season
The holidays are a great opportunity to celebrate with family and friends -- but now, it has also become a time when a cup of cheer becomes too many cups. This season, consider the example that you're setting for the children around you while enjoying that extra cheery eggnog.
Flowers sit in front of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines during last year’s feast celebration. About 250,000 worshippers are expected to make the pilgrimage to he shrine Tuesday for the yearly gathering.
Safety at the forefront as Des Plaines prepares Guadalupe celebration
With recent shootings at places of worship across the country, police and leaders at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines say they are prepared to make the event secure and meaningful for all. Police said there is no evidence or information of a threat to the event.
Photos by John McDonnell/The Washington Post Designer Darryl Carter designed the 11-foot dining table, made of 100-year-old oak and metal, which is surrounded by midcentury modern dining chairs. The black ceramic abstract art installation on the wall from French artist Sam Baron has both nature and whimsy: If you look closely, you will see a lily pads, a lizard and a frog.
For Design Army's power couple, a calm place to recharge
Pum Lefebure wears mostly black and white because, she says, "it's clean and simple, timeless and super chic." For the same reasons, the chief creative officer of Design Army, a graphic design and branding firm, sticks with a similar strategy in the home she shares with husband Jake, Design Army's chief executive.
D. Larry Friedman of Buffalo Grove looks over some of the work on display Sunday during an arts and crafts fair at Kaleidoscope School of Fine Art in Barrington.
Artists show their work at Barrington school's inaugural fair
Students and local artists put their work on display Sunday as the Kaleidoscope School of Fine Art in Barrington held an arts and crafts fair in Barrington.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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