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		<title><![CDATA[How a box truck became one of North Philly's favorite barbershops]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA -- Dodge Danley was getting his usual, relaxing in the
reclined chair while his barber, William Sanders, who goes by Siddiq,
carefully shaved his sideburns.

Sanders stepped back to assess his work. He spotted a stray whisker
and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4213527</link>
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    <pubDate>May/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ask Anna: The threesome went great. So why do I feel so bad?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Anna,

I’m an experienced threesome participant, but I’ve been happily
monogamous for years. Recently, my wife and I decided to try having a
threesome together because she never really got to have the fun, slutty
20s experience she wanted...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4213523</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[On Gardening: There is Magic in the garden this year]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a new flower showing up at garden centers that is pure
Magic. In fact, its official name is Superbells Magic Double Grapefruit.
If you aren’t familiar with the name, it is a calibrachoa, a petunia
relative. Double gives reference to ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4213473</link>
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    <pubDate>May/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ask Dating Coach Erika: What did they mean when they said that?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[All too often, I get questions like these from clients:

--“What did they mean when they said that?”

--“How can I ask, ‘What are we?’”

--“Why didn’t they text me this morning like usual?”

--“Why don’t we have plans lined ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4212390</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[They've been happily married for nearly 20 years. They just live 3,000 miles apart]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA -- Duwenavue Santé Johnson and Joseph Carrillo first
met in San Francisco when they lived a block apart.

But that arrangement didn’t last. They have now been married for 17
years, and have lived 3,000 miles apart for the majority ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4212313</link>
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    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[We've painted a pretty bleak future for young people. Thankfully, they've learned when to tune us out]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[I sat in the parking lot of my son’s school the other night,
waiting for his team to finish their second hour of lacrosse practice at
the end of a weekday that also included AP exams and finals prep and
end-of-year presentations and all the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4212097</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Kid Whisperer: How to improve the behaviors of ALL students]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Kid Whisperer,

I am a substitute teacher looking to obtain my special education
teaching license, and I am reading your book. Given that the practical
tools you offer work well with the most challenging students, does this
also include ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4211272</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: A good day to talk baseball]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[There’s a good chance the husband has his Cincinnati Reds ball cap
surgically attached to his head. It’s that time of year.

We were in the quaint historic river town of St. Charles, Missouri,
leaving a sidewalk café, when a voice yells, “...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4211269</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ex-etiquette: Slow down]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q. My kid’s mom and I share our children’s time equally. My
partner wants us to live together, but we’ve only been dating for six
months, and I have two kids who love their mom. I’m afraid it will be
confusing to live with two different ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4211262</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[At SoCal newest children's museum, kids can dig for mammoth bones or face a giant Lite-Brite]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- Talk to the passionate team behind KidSTREAM, a new
children's museum in Ventura County, and they'll tell you about the many
lofty goals they have for the 21,000-square-foot space which opened to
the public Thursday.

They'll ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4208468</link>
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    <pubDate>May/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Jerry Zezima: Game of groans]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[With apologies to Frank Sinatra, who is dead and can’t sue me, I am
the chairman of the board. And I’m not just singing my own
praises.

After decades of failing miserably at board games, one of which had
such a monopoly on me that I went ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4207528</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Jill Burcum: Building a sisterhood of the saddle]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s unlikely that I’ll take up cattle ranching at this point in
my life, so the ability to saddle up a horse and separate a steer from
the herd isn’t a must-have skill.

But do I still want to learn how to do that at a visionary event
...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4207524</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/22/2026</pubDate>
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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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