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		<title><![CDATA[The Kid Whisperer: How to teach positive behaviors to every kid]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Kid Whisperer,

I am currently struggling with one of my second-grade students who
has autism. He is frequently screaming, swearing, and at times poking,
lightly hitting or touching other students. I have been ignoring the
behaviors when ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4341326</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Do mosquito repellent patches work? Experts weigh in on the buzz]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — You may have seen them passed around at the
playground or park — tiny, candy-colored stickers, often bearing
bright cartoony faces, hearts or flowers, meant to repel mosquitoes.
Hikers and urban walkers are wearing them on socks ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4341324</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ex-etiquette: Too much togetherness at Thanksgiving?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q. My ex and I have been divorced for three years.
We both have new partners, and our children get along well with
everyone. This year, my daughter suggested that we all have Thanksgiving
together. My ex thinks it's a great idea, but my current ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4341313</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: You can't fool Mother Nature but she can fool you]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[On a morning walk to catch the last colors of fall, we saw what
appeared to be a large pile of vanilla wafers in the easement up ahead.
Whoever trashed an entire box of vanilla wafers clearly has no
appreciation for banana pudding.

A few steps ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4341310</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Jerry Zezima: No fortune at the Wheel]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a man who is not letter-perfect (I’m not number-perfect, either,
and I have the bank account to prove it), I could never replace Ryan
Seacrest as the host of “Wheel of Fortune.”

And my wife, Sue, who is perfectly aware of this, couldn’...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4340572</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How Hmong Americans revived Minnesota's roller pigeon scene]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[BETHEL, MINN. — Looking up at the cloudy sky as 19 of his pigeons
flew in a tight formation dozens of feet in the air on an October
afternoon, Ma Lee recalled the first time he caught a pigeon.

That pigeon wasn’t of the same breed as the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4340560</link>
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    <pubDate>Nov/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Colorado man turns videotapes of his grandfather into new podcast about his family's flight from Nazis during WWII]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DENVER -- Jeremy Gendelman sat his paternal grandfather down at their
family’s Denver kitchen table in 2008, a camcorder trained on him, and
asked a single question.

“Where were you born?”

Yakov “Yasha” Gendelman didn’t stop talking ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4338694</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Column: Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy have settled back into Chicago for a spell]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — One of the world’s leading experts in the realm of
serial killers grew up on the Northwest Side of the city and now lives
in Lincoln Square. His name is John Borowski and he looks very much like
a normal person and expresses himself ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Nov/05/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[On Gardening: Tiaras for all occasions: ground cover, baskets and containers]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Supertunia Tiara duo debuted in 2025 and in this brief amount of
time has become the darling of the landscape. The love and admiration
from gardeners across the country including my area of West Georgia and
East Alabama has been nothing short ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Nov/05/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Touch grass, literally: Explore why walking therapy is on the rise]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Walking is my salvation. Vigorous solo walks through
Griffith Park are both my go-to exercise and meditations-in-motion. I
regularly "walk the day off" there, or stroll around the
Silver Lake reservoir after work to unwind. I don't...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Nov/05/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ask Anna: How do I tell my friend I don't approve of her new crush?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Anna,

I recently introduced my friend, let’s call her M, to a guy I’d
befriended through my climbing gym about a year ago. I’d had a feeling
she’d like-like him, but the rub is that he’s in a
long-distance relationship. I also knew...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4337877</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/05/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Heidi Stevens: Human decency was on the midterm ballot, and it won big. Now show us what it looks like in action]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A week before Americans went to the polls and flipped a historic
number of U.S. House seats, U.S. Senate seats and governor seats to the
Democrats, Amy Acton said human decency was on the ballot.

"Kindness is a fierce commitment to justice and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4337565</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Donkey King' opens first donkey hospital in US in North Texas]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[FORT WORTH, Texas — Ron King loves donkeys.

It wasn’t always that way for the Arkansas-born, and partially Fort
Worth-raised, former media executive. That is, until he saw a TikTok
video six years ago.

King had recently been laid off from ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4337093</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A stained glass window of the crucifixion was shattered in a church fire. Worshippers transformed the broken pieces into symbols of renewal]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ROCKFORD, Ill. — Plumes of smoke billowed from the steep-pitched
roof of a northern Illinois church one winter night after its organ
caught fire during a practice session.

Everyone was evacuated from the property. No one was hurt in the Feb.
23...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4337047</link>
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    <pubDate>Nov/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[In the Bay Area, even parenthood can feel out of reach]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Over the years, Stephanie Wallace and her twin
sister, Della, have recruited extra roommates to make ends meet, first
their brother, Joshua, then his girlfriend, Diana, as rent climbed to
$3,700 on their two-bedroom apartment ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4337043</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ask Dating Coach Erika: What's your advice on getting back into the dating pool after a breakup?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got this question the other day:

“What’s your advice on getting back into the dating pool after a
breakup? Is there a certain amount of time one should wait? Or, is it a
case of getting back on the horse right after falling off? My heart ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4337039</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Column: First Friday Club of Chicago goes into its fourth enlightening decade]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — Nothing lasts forever but a series of events presented by
the First Friday Club of Chicago has quietly reached its 41st year and
continues to do what it has always done, which is offer an oasis of
lively conversation, and often wisdom ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4336617</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Kid Whisperer: Families are hierarchies, led by adults]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[What a strange world we live in that I have to make the point that
adults are the heads of their households.

The evidence for the apparent need for this clarification is all
around us. So many parents seem to need to be told that a family is not
...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4336260</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ex-etiquette: Parenting after a nasty breakup]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: Our breakup was nasty, and I rarely talk to my child’s other
parent. When we do, it’s on a court-ordered app. Lately I have been
getting notifications that my ex is trying to talk to me. I don’t want
to talk. He drives me crazy. How can I...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4336259</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: Thank you for the thank-you]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Sit down and take a deep breath,” the husband says, as he brings
in the mail. “You’re going to love this.”

“We won the Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes!” I yell.

“No,” he says.

“It’s a check from the government ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4336228</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/03/2026</pubDate>
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