Bra sculpture aims to raise breast cancer awareness
No, Marilyn Monroe did not leave it behind. Pioneer Court, which for a time housed a huge statue of the actress, will be home Wednesday to another oversized sculpture —...
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No mandatory retirement age, but pilots must pass FAA review every 2 years
The death of an 80-year-old pilot in the crash of a private plane in Kendall County may have some people wondering: Is there an age limit on pilots' licenses? The...
Food-scrap recycling is gaining ground
Karen Rozmus stood in front of a room full of municipal and county officials and experts on solid waste disposal and talked about my cantaloupe rinds. Not my cantaloupe rinds...
Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s: A double burden
Jeff Malanoski sat in front of his bowl of cereal, watching "The Price is Right" and forgetting to eat his breakfast. His sister, Marilyn Long, sat at the table next...
File this under tips to tidy up your desk
Let's see ... a 2011 magazine article about the 20 best vacuums ... a handwritten note to myself headed, "Where did I put it?"... the lab results from a 2005...
Confessions of houseplant killers
I confess and hang my trowel in shame: I am a killer. An executioner of foliage. A poisoner of potter plants. A slayer of sprigs. And so, probably, are you,...
Teen dealing with mental illness creates online community
For a few hours every day, Bree Carey steps away from her life as a junior at Geneva High School and into the online community she has created for teenagers...
Bonding over generations of childhood books
In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines OK — now continue. If you were one of the countless children who have been mesmerized by the classic...
Beyond Labor Day, it’s still summer
Labor Day may be saying the party is over. The resumption of school, the sweaters in stores, the readying of pop-up stores for Halloween — they are all singing the...
Illinois prison hospice offers care, redemption
Ralph Pollock, in the ninth year of a 25-year sentence for a drunken driving crash that killed two children, bent forward in his chair, rested the book on the bed...