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Chicago Tribune News.

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  No Holiday Decorating Budget? No Problem for One Illinois Town

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:11 PM ET

  couldn't do it for them, as had always been the case in the past. "It's the heart of Batavia," downtown business owner Katrina Roitburd told the Chicago Tribune. "I just feel like it's important to make it as special as it can be." Roitburd says her store, Katrina's Salon and Spa, will displa Read More

  More like this in: Christmas, US, Social Responsibility, Kindness, Volunteerism
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  Michelle Obama Mentors Glamorously

  By Katherine Gustafson | Tue Nov 3, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  and owns a fabulous red dress, however; she garnered the spot because of her active role in mentoring our nation's youth.As if to prove it, the Chicago Tribune reports that the first lady and some of her female White House colleagues — White House Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett, White Hous Read More

  More like this in: Associated Press, White House, Washington DC, Mentoring, Glamour Magazine, US, Social Responsibility, Regional/Local, Education, Kindness, Volunteerism, Celebrity
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  Mothers for Peace Offers Support Amid Violence

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:47 AM ET

  see moms come together on just the value of loving your kid," the Rev. Dave Kelly, who helps run the meetings at a local community center, told The Chicago Tribune. "These moms are very committed to their communities." The group walks a delicate line, because the mothers represent both victim Read More

  More like this in: Children, Chicago, Peace, US, Life & Style, Regional/Local, Family
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  Bus Stop Proposal

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Tue Oct 6, 2009 12:11 PM ET

  Rachel Clark uses every day a light bulb went off."At first I was afraid it wouldn't be very romantic -- it's a bus station," Anderson told the Chicago Tribune. "But I mentioned it to her sister and my cousin, and they were both excited about it. I had two women who liked it, so I went wit Read More

  More like this in: Halloween, US, Life & Style, Kindness, Culture, Relationships
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  Denise Austin: 52, Fit and Fabulous

  By Jac Chebatoris | Tue Sep 8, 2009 12:23 PM ET

  Pilates, Yoga and more. She's also written 10 books, and at 52, shows no signs of slowing down -- or of looking her age.A Q&A with her in the Chicago Tribune reveals Austin's secrets for fitting in fitness in daily life, and why feeling fab after 50 isn't such a feat. One secret: mix u Read More

  More like this in: Health, Chicago, Running, Fitness, Yoga, Austin, Pilates
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  An Oldie and a Goodie

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Sat Aug 22, 2009 2:19 PM ET

  volunteering, sometimes more than 40 hours a week, in the New Day Memory Support Area of the facility. "I love these people here," Walker told the Chicago Tribune, while she hung out with her memory-challenged pals who were making beaded jewelry. "I just love them. There's Christine – she's m Read More

  More like this in: Alzheimer’s, US, Kindness
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  Who Wears Short Shorts? Michelle Obama, That's Who

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:26 AM ET

  a line of decorum, an overwhelming number of Americans supported her sartorial decision, scoring a victory for casual dressers nationwide. The Chicago Tribune polled readers online and 80.6 percent gave the shorts a “thumbs up.” Nearly 300,000 people voted in a Today show poll, and 8 Read More

  More like this in: Michelle Obama, Fashion, Washington, Chicago, White House, Today Show, Washington Post
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  The Lucille Taliaferro Chronicles

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:28 PM ET

  life this week, she said she’s glad she has set an example for others."That was my objective in life," she says.An objective she clearl Read More

  More like this in: Travel, Poetry, US, Kindness
• Cancer Patient's Research Is Critical To Save Lives - and His Own

  By Kim Parry | Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:20 PM ET

  genes dictate how the tumor will grow and Lukac's research will help doctors better treat it.To read more about Lukac’s story, read this great Chicago Tribune article. Read More

  More like this in: Cancer, Columbia University, Northwestern Brain Tumor Institute, Science, Healthcare
• I Do, I Do, I Flu, I Flu

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:05 PM ET

  flu? The thought never seriously crossed their mind.“We joked about it," Jackson, a graduate psychology student at Roosevelt University, told the Chicago Tribune. "Like, 'wouldn't it be funny if we had swine flu?'”But it was no joke when their doctor called two days before the wedding an Read More

  More like this in: Chicago, Wedding, Swine Flu, Latex, Masks, US, Life & Style, Family