Julia Allison: Social Studies
How airlines are embracing social media - July 26, 2011 - DEAR JULIA: I'm a young professional who flies upward of eight times a month -- what the oldsters used to call a "road warrior." Unsurprisingly, I'm addicted to my "CrackBerry," my laptop and iPad are practically fused to my fingers, and I obsessively scroll through Twitter during the...
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Ask Amy
Canoodling son is a serious buzz kill for dad - August 5, 2011 - Dear Amy: I made an unaccustomed stop at an out-of-the-way restaurant last week for a cold beer on a hot day.
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Barbara Brotman
Doctors hope new CPR method puts lifesaving technique in everyone's hands - August 1, 2011 - The fellow in the hospital bed looked pretty poorly. His mouth was frozen in a strange grin and his skin tone was waxy. Rubbery, really.
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Ask Rex Huppke: I Just Work Here
I Just Work Here: Handling the office stinker - August 1, 2011 - Did anyone consider just painting the debt ceiling the same color as the walls? It really would make the whole room look bigger.
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Rick Kogan's Sidewalks
Marina City's story among many on river - July 29, 2011 - I heard another sad story last week from an 8-year-old boy who lives on the South Side and told me that he has never seen the Chicago River.
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Gail MarksJarvis
Know your options to repay student loans - August 5, 2011 - Q: I will soon have to begin repaying my student loans for undergraduate and graduate degrees. Because the total is around $82,000, I fear that I will never be able to pay it off. The statements I have received in the mail recommend I pay $900 per month. I love my job at a young Web company,...
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Phil Vettel
Stealth steakhouse - August 4, 2011 - I've heard of restaurants with bells and whistles, but this is crazy.
Ellen Warren
Skip the gym membership, get the pedometer - August 3, 2011 - If you need a reminder to think twice about investing in an exercise bike or a treadmill, it's right there, sitting out on someone's lawn or driveway with a big "For Sale" sign on it.
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Jen Weigel
Work gifts: To give or not to give? - August 4, 2011 - Your co-worker is having a birthday and you are approached to put some money toward a group gift. Trouble is, you don't know this person very well. Does that mean you have to fork out some cash for someone you barely know?
Leah Eskin
Tried and true - July 31, 2011 - Fish takes naturally to the grill. It must be the contrast between water and fire, cool and hot, brine and char.
Robert Pagliarini: Your Other 8 Hours
Start living your miracle life - August 1, 2011 - Last week I asked the Miracle Question from Solution-Focused therapy, which is simply, "If a miracle occurs tonight while you sleep that solves all of your problems, how would you know when you woke up that a miracle occurred? What would be different?" The first step, of course, is answering the...
Daneen Skube: Interpersonal Edge
Dealing with emotional terrorists - August 1, 2011 - Q. Our organization is considering promoting a current vice president to CEO. She is prejudicial and overbearing, has no people skills, calls employees stupid, belittles them many times, resulting in tears, is always right, and yells in public at employees.
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