Lifestyle
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An antipasto tuna salad puts all those refrigerator jars to good use
May 27, 2024 12:16 pm - This salad is an ideal way to elevate canned tuna and make the most of those half-used jars of antipasto vegetables in your refrigerator. The recipe calls for sweet roasted peppers, vinegary artichokes and briny olives, but you can use any combination, including marinated mushrooms, pickled onions and/or pepperoncini, for example.
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This low-alcohol $14 malbec is lighter in calories but big on flavorMay 27, 2024 10:10 am - This week’s wine recommendations feature an entry into the low-alcohol movement from a leading organic producer in Argentina, a popular pinot grigio from mountain vineyards in northern Italy and a stunning riesling from Napa Valley.
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The dreams of a 60-year-old beauty contestant come to an abrupt end in Argentina
May 26, 2024 8:33 pm - BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A 60-year-old woman saw her dreams of becoming the oldest Miss Universe contestant in history melt away in a haze of sequins and selfies Saturda...
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What you can do to try to stay safe when a tornado hits, and also well beforehand
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Rare blue-eyed cicada spotted at Morton Arboretum
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Remembering D-Day: Cantigny exhibit shows how Allies fought for ‘Nothing But Victory’May 26, 2024 3:15 pm - “Nothing But Victory,” a new outdoor exhibit installed on the Cantigny campus for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, depicts how Allied troops encountered one obstacle after another.
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Why gardening can grow your mental well-being and cultivate friends
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Hi Infidelity singer Dave Mikulskis rolls with the changes to fight Parkinson’sMay 26, 2024 9:26 am - Dave Mikulskis and Sammy Hagar both will tell you there’s only one way to rock. Since Mikulskis’ 2018 diagnosis with Parkinson’s disease, the high-tenor vocalist of the popular cover band Hi Infidelity continues to lash into 1980s classics with the vigor and range he has always had.
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Good News Sunday: California woman coming to Arlington Heights to honor soldier killed in VietnamMay 25, 2024 9:37 pm - In this week’s Good News Sunday column, we recap stories about a woman traveling cross-country to honor a veteran she’s never met, a fire department welcoming a new comfort dog, and Girl Scouts pitching in to restore a butterfly garden.
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Heidi was a sweetheart: Dealing with the death of beloved petsMay 25, 2024 6:15 am - Anyone who has ever had a beloved pet knows the pain when that pet dies.