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Everybody Has a Story: Card party in the suburbs
It was the Saturday morning after my first week of third grade in Des Plaines, Ill., about 20 miles west of Chicago, when I woke up to the sound of the vacuum cleaner. Mom was busy vacuuming, dusting and arranging extra chairs around the dining room table. I got up to see what was going on. She was getting out the highball glasses and fancy bowl from the china cabinet. |
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How well do you know the trees in your Vancouver neighborhood?
How many trees call the city of Vancouver home? And what kinds of trees are they? Not even Charles Ray, Vancouver’s urban forester, knows all the answers. |
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U.S. won’t have pandas for first time in 50 years
WASHINGTON — Giant pandas are everywhere at Washington, DC’s National Zoo. Three live in the zoo’s $50 million Asia Trail. T-shirts, trucker hats and refrigerator magnets bear their image. A 24-hour panda-cam broadcasts the trio’s every move. Even the QR code to reserve zoo tickets features a panda silhouette. |
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Invasive mussels eat away at history in Great Lakes
MADISON, Wis. — The Great Lakes’ frigid fresh water used to keep shipwrecks so well preserved that divers could see dishes in the cupboards. Downed planes that spent decades underwater were left so pristine they could practically fly again when archaeologists finally discovered them. |
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Guinness World Records celebrates the ‘crazy, fun’
NEW YORK — Do you know the highest average grossing movie franchise in history? That’s easy, “Avatar.” What about the record for the most balloons popped in one minute by a pogostick? Or the longest journey in a pumpkin boat? |
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How will rural Americans fare during Medicaid unwinding? Experts fear they’re on their own
Abby Madore covers a lot of ground each day at work. |
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Top Stories: Murder verdicts; Seton-Stevenson game; homeless seniors
Are we sticking with the rain? Check out our local weather forecast before you head outside. |
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Gardening with Allen: Fall good time to prune shrubs
I have some shrubs that have grown too large for the area where they are planted. Is this a good time to prune them? How about trees? |
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Walmart looks to update fashion image
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart has been long known for its wide array of basic socks, T-shirts and pull-on pants. Now, the world’s largest retailer is betting it can change that image and be a destination for affordable stylish fashion for middle America. |
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Report: TikTok videos promoting steroids have millions of views
NEW YORK — TikTok has become a key marketing channel for vendors promoting steroids and other bodybuilding drugs to millions of the app’s users, according to a report released Thursday that the social media company disputes. |
