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		<title><![CDATA[Chicago restaurants and bars become spaces for political protesting: 'Everyone's experiencing some level of rage']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- With a glass of white wine in one hand and a printed
spreadsheet of names and addresses of around 50 lawmakers in the other,
Allyssa Bujdoso was setting up for a crowd at Deep Red Wine Merchant in
Avondale. A guy with a sign reading “...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4206851</link>
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    <pubDate>May/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[On Gardening: Heart to Heart Chinook named 'Caladium of the Year']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Garden Guy surfed the web and stumbled across a photo you most
likely have never seen. It featured three Proven Winners National Plants
of the Year in a wonderful combination. The flowers were the Safari Dusk
Jamesbrittenia or South African ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4206436</link>
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    <pubDate>May/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['The closest thing to church': How Unusual Tuesday became LA's home for misfit artists]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- It is not just any Tuesday.

It is 9 p.m. on a dreary night in Shadow Hills, just miles away from
the lush foothills of the Verdugo Mountains. The delicate pitter-patter
of a drum's cymbal is the only sound to break through the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4206375</link>
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    <pubDate>May/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Heidi Stevens: A lost jacket shipped overseas opens up a world of examples that people really do want to help]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In last
week’s column, I wrote about traveling to Warsaw for the
international Literacy for Democracy conference. What I failed to
mention was that I left my beloved black leather jacket behind.

Five minutes into my Uber ride to the Warsaw ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4205953</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ask Dating Coach Erika: Is it wrong to want a partner with the same education?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Black and white, right and wrong, cut and dried. I know how tempting
it is to look for a “rule” or a quick answer in dating. Leave or
stay? Unmatch or meet? But most things in life are not answered so
simply. This week, we have several dating ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4205310</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[This family has a famous pig. Here's what they hope to do to save and educate about more porcines]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. -- A Glastonbury, Connecticut, couple with a now-famous
pig has brought their five pigs throughout the state and further to
many schools, nursing homes, birthdays and private events over the last
four years.

It’s for their ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4205291</link>
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    <pubDate>May/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Column: Remembering when Dan Goodwin, aka Spider-Dan, touched Chicago's sky]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[He came.

He saw.

He climbed.

And in so doing, the life of Dan Goodwin would never be the same, and
he would find a firm spot on any list of important Chicago figures, a
colorful and compelling character in this city that has hosted more than
...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4202118</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ask Anna: My boyfriend used ChatGPT to write romantic texts]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Anna,

I’ve been dating my boyfriend for about four months, and things
have been going really well — or at least I thought they were. He’s
always been really thoughtful over text, sending me these sweet,
articulate messages about how he...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4201659</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ex-etiquette: Crossing a boundary]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q. My ex showed up at my birthday party with roses and wanting to get
back together. I don’t want to. He cheated, I don’t trust him and I
am done. We have a child and I am afraid if I don’t take him
seriously, he will withhold my child and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4201607</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Kid Whisperer: How to stop owning your kid's irresponsibility]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Kid Whisperer,

The words “I know!” are going to make me lose my mind. My
16-year-old says this every time he’s leaving the house and I remind
him to not forget something like his backpack or swimsuit or wallet. I
know that he does not ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4201603</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: Mailbox delivers sweet surprise]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[I grew up when people wrote letters in longhand on pretty stationery.
Going to the mailbox and finding a letter was a whiff of Christmas
morning.

Many Sunday nights, as a young girl, I wrote to a great aunt who was
a retired schoolteacher. You ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4201602</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[At 15, Illinois teen makes Lewis University history as youngest student ever to receive master's degree]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Benyamin Bamburac got into the car Friday to graduate from Lewis
University, he didn’t get behind the wheel. Because he’s not old
enough to drive.

At 15, Benyamin, of Romeoville, Illinois, crossed the graduation
stage as the university�...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>May/18/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Jerry Zezima: See you later, refrigerator]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The only thing that left me cold when my wife and I got a new
refrigerator is that it didn’t come stocked with beer.

But the cool part is that it doesn’t freeze food, as our old fridge
did. And it is designed in such a convenient way that I ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4200456</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/18/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The sensei is back. A beloved dojo owner returns to fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Soon, the sounds of boards being kicked and
mannequins being punched will echo from a former Pilates studio on
Palisades Drive.

Soon, karate students — toddlers, teens and grown-ups — will fill
the space, heeding the shouted ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4200405</link>
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    <pubDate>May/18/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A new Medicare option for weight loss drugs: What older Americans should know]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Starting in July, Medicare beneficiaries may be able to get a GLP-1
prescription for weight loss for $50 a month. It’s a notable shift for
Medicare, which has long been barred from covering weight loss
treatments.

The drugs, such as Wegovy and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4162305</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[LA's golden streetlights have turned harsh white. Homeowners aren't happy]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Light and Los Angeles are intrinsically linked.

It's a light that elicits emotion and demands reaction. Filmmaker David
Lynch said L.A.'s "muted golden sunshine" was the reason
filmmakers flocked here. In the New Yorker, the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4162267</link>
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    <pubDate>May/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A glimpse at Warsaw history reinforces why books and literacy are vital for democracy]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently traveled to Warsaw, Poland, for the fourth annual
international Literacy for Democracy conference. Organized by the Polish
nonprofit Universal Reading
Foundation, the conference advocates for programs and policies that
promote literacy ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4161804</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[For these controversial influencers, online fame draws fervent love and hate]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS — Three Minnesota influencers recently experienced the
fickle nature of internet fame. One day, they were garnering lots of
likes. The next, they were crushed under a digital dogpile.

John O’Sullivan, Josh Liljenquist and so-...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4138928</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[On Gardening: Flora, fauna and fragrance with Supertunia petunias]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[As gardeners we think about flora and fauna, but I would like to
suggest one more thing. And that is fragrance. Fragrance is one of those
memory makers. Memories for the children who grow up with garden
fragrance and for spouses celebrating ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4138927</link>
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    <pubDate>May/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[After the LA fires, Altadena's Little League almost folded. Then, they had the season of a lifetime]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Little League baseball wasn't necessarily top of mind
for Altadena after the Eaton
fire destroyed their town.

But as springtime rolled around a few weeks after the fire, the idea
of a season without baseball felt like another blow...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4138880</link>
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    <pubDate>May/14/2026</pubDate>
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