Lifestyle
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How to help your child get enough healthy, brain-boosting sleepMar 20, 2024 6:00 am - Adequate sleep is a bedrock of a child's physical and mental health. Here are some techniques to help your child get the sleep they need.
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Perfect for Easter: Lemon and poppy seed cake meets white chocolate whipped cream frosting in this delicious dessertMar 20, 2024 6:00 am - Have you ever had a slice of cake you can’t stop eating? This lemon and poppy seed layer cake filled with berries and the most delicious white chocolate lemon whipped cream frosting I’ve ever had is one of those cakes for me.
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Prenatal yoga may help ease stress, improve fitness during pregnancyMar 20, 2024 6:00 am - Health experts say yoga can help ease pregnant women through the body-altering experience of creating a new life.
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The secret to 15-minute meals? Smart cooking shortcuts
Mar 20, 2024 6:00 am - Dinner in 15 minutes sounds like a dream, but this shrimp fried rice flavored with loads of garlic powder turns that into a reality.
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These Gruyere and ham scones might make you fall in love at first bite
Mar 20, 2024 6:00 am - At the risk of sounding unromantic, I’ve never experienced love at first sight. Love at first bite, though? That’s another story. The latest object of my gustatory affection: a savory scone studded with country ham, pungent cheese and scallions, and topped with sesame seeds and flaky sea salt.
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Report: Canada’s wildfires push Chicago to second most polluted major city in the U.S.Mar 19, 2024 5:58 pm - With an unfortunate boost from Canadian wildfires, Chicago’s air quality dropped a notch in 2023, identifying the city as the second most polluted in the United States, a...
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Lombard’s First UMC sets Holy Week, Easter servicesMar 19, 2024 5:03 pm - First United Methodist Church of Lombard, a reconciling church, welcomes the community to Sunday worship at 10 a.m. in person at the church, 155 S. Main St., or via live...
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New ‘Top Chef’ host Kristen Kish aims for empathy with ‘tough love’
Mar 19, 2024 3:20 pm - You do not have to tell Kristen Kish, the new host of Bravo’s “Top Chef,” that crowns can be heavy. Picking up the mantle of hosting duties of the top-rated show debuting Wednesday, March 20, from longtime fan favorite Padma Lakshmi isn’t easy.
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Less money, less house: How market forces are reshaping the American home
Mar 19, 2024 10:38 am - The new American home is shrinking.After years of prioritizing large homes, the nation’s biggest and most powerful homebuilders are finally building more smaller ones, driving a shift toward more affordable housing.
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Delectable. Adorable. Inhalable. These sliders go well with March Madness entertaining
Mar 19, 2024 9:35 am - If you're looking for good food for a March Madness gathering, look no further than sliders. AP food writer Katie Workman thinks sliders are a perfect game day food because they're comforting, delicious, inhalable and have a nostalgic vibe.