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		<title><![CDATA[Jerry Zezima: Grin and print it]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A young orthodontist with what I hope is good eyesight recently said
I have a Hollywood smile. I didn’t want to press my luck by asking if
he meant I should star in a horror movie.

So I was greatly relieved when I saw that the new retainers he ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4261916</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[With $1.6 million in donations, this Florida church is going green -- for God]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The canal that flows between Fort
Lauderdale resident Harry Rozelle’s house and his church is so
infested with bacteria that his teenage son, Cruz, was hospitalized
after swimming in it three years ago.

As he tended to...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4260079</link>
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    <pubDate>Jul/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Trying to be a better dad? There's a class for that]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. -- Robert Lyles has spent more than two decades raising
children, but he says he is still learning what it means to be a
father.

“I don’t know everything,” Lyles said.

With eight children ranging from 23 to 1-year-old, Lyles ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4260041</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Minneapolis buckthorn singles club uproots invasives, cultivates love]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS -- On a recent Sunday morning, nearly 50 people in long
pants and sun hats, some toting loppers, gathered beside the Mississippi
River.

It was the second meeting of the Minneapolis Buckthorn Removal
Singles Club, a group of mostly 20-...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4259162</link>
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    <pubDate>Jul/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[On Gardening: This fuchsia is a gardener game changer]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Garden Guy is dedicating this column to a fuchsia; so many of you
are thinking this is a sure sign of the apocalypse. Wait ... this new
fuchsia is rocking with August at the door.

The fuchsia I am talking about is Sun Pendants Hot Pink and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4259125</link>
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    <pubDate>Jul/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ask Anna: My girlfriend wants her first time to be with 'the One' -- I'm terrified I won't be]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Anna,

I’ve (19M) been with my girlfriend (18F) for just under four
months, and things have gotten serious enough that we’re starting to
talk about having sex for the first time. She’s never had sex before,
and early in our relationship...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4259117</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Suburb is paying the feds to 'harass' geese with lasers, pyrotechnics, and boats]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA -- Like many American suburbs, Abington, Pennsylvania,
accidentally spent centuries building a goose paradise. Now, the feds
will help the township evict the waterfowl from their ideal habitat.

Abington Township approved a contract ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4259114</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ask Dating Coach Erika: What should I ask on a first date?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a new client, Sandy. She lives in San Francisco, she’s in
her mid-60s, and she hasn’t dated in over 30 years, since before she
was with her late husband. Dating has changed a lot since then. 

She and I had a few pep talks about first ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4258211</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Summer sun, free tunes: 'We're literally just busking']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — Growing up, Tanner Dane and his
best-friends-turned-bandmates used to spend hours and hours jamming in
his Elgin, Illinois, attic. Like any aspiring musicians, they started
with covers. But it didn’t take long to cultivate their own ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4258209</link>
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    <pubDate>Jul/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ex-etiquette: Suspicious bruises?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q. My child’s mother recently moved in with her boyfriend, who has
full custody of his three boys. Last time I picked up our son from his
mother’s, I noticed suspicious bruises on his thighs and back. This is
new. I don’t know if this is the...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4257408</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: When Grandpa toys with parallel parking]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[When my husband was asked if he would help teach twin granddaughters
how to parallel park, he immediately yelled, “Yes!” If there was a
parallel parking competition, my husband could take first place —
unless our son entered the competition,...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4257371</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Kid Whisperer: How to handle a kid who wants to control everything]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Kid Whisperer,

How do you handle an almost 4-year-old who wants to control
everything? He had a friend over and I was outside with the friend’s
parents. It started to rain, so we said we were going inside, and my son
stood in front of the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4257363</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[After her son's death, she found a new purpose. 'He's whispering, 'Mom, this is your path']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- It was after the death of her son, Laith, that Esme
Saleh decided to become a folk artist.

She had always been creative, experimenting with watercolors and
learning to sew and embroider at a young age.

"I had a creative inkling," ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Jul/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Jerry Zezima: In the swim]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[If Sports Illustrated ever does a male version of its famous swimsuit
issue, I could be on the cover for two very good reasons:

1) I just got a stylish new swimsuit, which impressed a lifeguard at
the pool where I took my granddaughters for a ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4256626</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Unheard voices': Chicago museum exhibit focuses on story of Filipino nurses in the US]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — In a small room in a museum downtown, a medium-size
leather suitcase sits on the floor.

It’s empty now, but nearly 50 years ago — as it crossed the
Pacific Ocean from the Philippines to Chicago — it held textbooks,
clothes, a ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4254701</link>
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    <pubDate>Jul/17/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Heidi Stevens: Message received: Visit is proof that card-writing campaign matters]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was a Thursday afternoon in early July, and Carolyn Pinta was home
alone when she heard a knock on the door. She hesitated before she
answered, unsure about her unexpected guest’s intentions.

The intentions, it turns out, were lovely.

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4254358</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[On Gardening: Next year's garden will be Forged in Fire]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[No plant has been more enjoyable in The Garden Guy’s trials than
the Forged in Fire heliopsis or false sunflower. There have been a lot
of varieties in recent years, but I am going to have to put this one on
the must-have list. 

Botanically ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4253926</link>
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    <pubDate>Jul/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[These high schoolers show how 'majors' are not just for college students]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Many high schoolers are finding out that majors are
not just for college students.

Linked
Learning Alliance, a California nonprofit that partners with school
districts to improve education, offers over 600 "pathways" — similar ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4253916</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ask Dating Coach Erika: What dating app seems to have the best luck in finding a partner?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another day, another set of dating questions.

Question: What dating app seems to have the best luck in finding a
partner?

Answer: You may not love my answer, but it's not about luck or
"finding" someone. It's about being proactive and using the
...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4252994</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ask Anna: I've been poly for 12 years. Why am I crying in the bathroom?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Anna,

I’ve been happily married for 12 years, and my husband and I have
been poly for eight of them. Overall, it’s been a really positive part
of our relationship. We’ve had our trials, of course, but we
communicate much better than we...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/lifestyles/s-4252979</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/15/2026</pubDate>
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