1936 Olympian still gets a kick from swimming
Adolph Kiefer was about to do the backstroke. Which promised a memorable moment for the awe-struck lap swimmer who was watching. It was Kiefer's backstroke that launched him to glory...
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Earlier to bed and earlier to rise as we age
Will this be the year that I reach my quirky goal? As the longest day of the year approaches, I think it could be possible. Every day the sun goes...
Earlier to bed and earlier to rise as we age
Will this be the year that I reach my quirky goal? As the longest day of the year approaches, I think it could be possible. Every day the sun goes...
Expansion of end-of-life care order awaits governor’s signature
When it comes to where people in the U.S. die, there has for years been a gap between what people want and what usually happens. Most Americans would rather die...
A deck overlooking the Kennedy? This is the life!
How do you like Jim Flaminio's and Becca Lulinski's deck? You've likely seen it, if you've been in one of the 260,000 vehicles that drive past it on the Kennedy...
A deck overlooking the Kennedy? This is the life!
How do you like Jim Flaminio's and Becca Lulinski's deck? You've likely seen it, if you've been in one of the 260,000 vehicles that drive past it on the Kennedy...
O’Hare noise a pain to changing cast of neighborhoods
Most of us like to think of ourselves as good people — kind-hearted souls who mourn other people's misfortune, sympathetic types who would hate to see our neighbors suffer. But...
O’Hare noise a pain to changing cast of neighborhoods
Most of us like to think of ourselves as good people — kind-hearted souls who mourn other people's misfortune, sympathetic types who would hate to see our neighbors suffer. But...
Tennis takes Taylor Townsend from Englewood to Paris
Taylor Townsend gave a cross-court wave. "Aaron, what's up? Where you been?" she called out to Aaron Mabra, director of junior development at XS Tennis in the Kenwood neighborhood. Townsend,...
Getting a handle on devilishly hard English
Sitting at a round table in a room at Triton College, Ivette Carvalho was explaining the wonders of the Avila mountain range near her native city of Caracas, Venezuela. She...