Lifestyle
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Sweet on chocolate? It’s what’s inside – cocoa powder – that countsJan 14, 2024 7:00 am - It's a headline sure to make people keep reading: Is chocolate good for you? Almost everyone wants the answer to be yes, of course. But there isn't a simple response to b...
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For 2024, try one little word instead of resolutionsJan 14, 2024 7:00 am - Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions in 2023? If you did, you’re among the few. Only about 8 percent of people who make resolutions manage to actually keep them. Reso...
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Good News Sunday: Des Plaines actor’s ‘full circle moment’ comes with lead role in Porchlight’s ‘Anything Goes’Jan 14, 2024 6:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: “Anything Goes,” Cole Porter’s 1934 tuner...
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Majority of donated clothes are sold to recyclers: What happens to them?Jan 14, 2024 5:30 am - We go behind the scenes at Chicago Textile Recycling in Carol Stream to learn where unwanted thrift-store clothing ends up
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3 time-sensitive money tasks for new widows and widowers
Jan 14, 2024 4:31 am - Widows and widowers are often told not to make any major decisions for a year or more after a spouse’s death. Grief can cause you to make choices you later regret. Some f...
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Algonquin Police Department starts snowman competition, encourages ‘community togetherness’
Jan 13, 2024 5:29 pm - Neighboring police departments and residents build their best snowmen in friendly competition An Algonquin Police Department Facebook post challenging neighboring towns ...
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Plunging temperatures to follow high suburban snowfall totalsJan 13, 2024 12:58 pm - Between the unusually high snowfalls of the previous day and a half and the dangerously plummeting temperatures to come, Saturday was probably the best time for suburbani...
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Time is the best cure for a hangoverJan 13, 2024 7:00 am - Q: I always thought that you get a hangover from drinking too much. But when I have a single mixed drink, or sometimes even just one glass of wine, I wake up feeling ...
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More adults sought help for ADHD during pandemic, contributing to drug shortagesJan 13, 2024 7:00 am - Prescriptions for ADHD treatments surged among adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, helping to fuel lingering shortages that frustrate parents and doctors. New prescripti...
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Drug- and alcohol-related heart disease and stroke deaths risingJan 13, 2024 6:30 am - While deaths from cardiovascular disease were falling over the first two decades of this century, those involving substance use rose an average of 4% per year, according ...