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Kate and Will are pregnant
I was giving a speech once to a group of career women who had decided to be stay-at-home moms, and I was waiting to be introduced when I overheard an animated conversation between two of them. "So, the doctor said she could have a serving of grapes,...Tags: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Grapes, Morning Sickness, Computer Networking and Internet, Victoria Beckham
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Likable young prince and his beloved waitress lead a Romberg romp
Institutions of higher learning have long been perilous for royals and their keepers. Look what happened to Prince William. He ended up hitched to a commoner.
Of course, William had nothing on the rebellious inclinations of Prince Karl Franz, heir to...Tags: Arts and Culture
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Olympic spirit may be fleeting but you can catch it just the same
LONDON — Every now and then Team USA women's basketball assistant coach Doug Bruno watches practice and his mind drifts. Bruno, the longtime DePaul coach, sees U.S. teammates Candace Parker and Tamika Catchings and remembers when the former Ms....
Tags: London Heathrow Airport, Ryan Dempster, Chicago White Sox, Elizabeth II, Candace Parker
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Can you dig it?
LONDON — In basically the backyard of austere 10 Downing Street where British Prime Minister David Cameron officially resides in a stately, executive manor, a raucous block party rocked his neighborhood Saturday night. Queen Elizabeth celebrates...
Tags: Anglicanism, Religion and Belief, Swimming, Spring Break, The Benny Hill Show (tv program)
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Culture clash: New history of Chicago taps into our malaise
Thomas Dyja looked at me with abject horror, then humor, then, as his face crumbled in defeat, resignation. A face that said, "See? This is why I wrote a 412-page cultural history of Chicago at midcentury that — as much as it pulls together...
Tags: Nelson Algren, Emmett Till, Arts, Lake Forest College, Bank of America Corp.
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William and Kate expecting royal child
Britain's Prince William and Catherine Middleton are expecting their first child after 19 months of marriage, the palace announced Monday. The royal revelation came as Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, was admitted to a central London hospital with...
Tags: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Charles, Prince of Wales, Diana, Princess of Wales, Hospitals and Clinics, Cambridge (England)
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London goes for the gold in luring more business
— As long as I was going to be here for a few days, I thought I would call ahead to see if I could visit Gregory Case, president and chief executive officer of Aon PLC, the insurance giant born and based in Chicago until Case moved its global...Tags: Business, Asia, Edward M. Burke, Corporate Officers, Travel
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Naked royals are all the rage
It is with a sense of stern journalistic duty that this column now presents, against its better judgment (yes, we hear you readers saying, "Better judgment? In THIS column?"), yet another edition of "Nude in the News." Yes, it's our feature that...Tags: Arts, Government, Newspaper and Magazine, Germany, Barry Fitzgerald
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Official: 2 U.S. Marines die in 'sustained attack' on Afghan base
Two U.S. servicemembers were killed early Saturday during a "sustained attack" at a joint base in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, military officials said. The slain Americans were both Marines, a U.S. defense official said, while three or four...
Tags: Afghanistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Kingdom, Elizabeth II, Defense
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French magazine fined for topless Duchess Catherine photos
Article Highlights: NEW: Irish Daily Star is conducting investigation before deciding whether to shut down Catherine and Prince William "welcome" the injunction, the palace says A court orders Closer magazine to hand over the photos within 24 hours...
Tags: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Lawyers, Punishment, Justice System, Newspaper and Magazine
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Our special relationship with 'Downton Abbey'
America has a remarkably close relationship with its previous owner. It seems we no sooner threw off the yoke of George III than we started collecting mugs decorated with the images of royal wedding partners. England and the United States have been...Tags: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Seth Meyers, Bird Flu, Downton Abbey (tv program), Julian Fellowes
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Queen of Cheap crown goes to nickel coffee lady
We sure spent a lot of time last year discussing ways to save on coffee. Cheapsters showed us low-cost alternatives to Keurig K-cups and even taught us how to make coffee on a wood stove during power outages. So it seems fitting that the 2012 Queen of...
Tags: Allentown, K-Cups, Salt, Elections, Keurig, Inc.
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