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Feb

Phys Ed: Getting the Right Dose of Exercise

Label: Health

Phys EdGretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness.A common concern about exercise is that if you don’t do it almost every day, you won’t achieve much health benefit. But a commendable new study suggests otherwise, showing that a fairly leisurely approach to scheduling workouts may actually be more beneficial than working out almost daily.For the new study, published this month in Exercise & Science...

Downtown condo market seeing rebound

Label: Business

Downtown Chicago's condo market is on the rebound after many moribund years, as sales volume and pricing improve in a market...

Feb

Bears terminate contract of wide receiver Johnny Knox

Label: World

Johnny Knox’s football career could be over.The injured wide receiver, who continues to recover from spinal fusion surgery, had his contract terminated by the Chicago...

CNN slots Jake Tapper Show, cuts length of Wolf Blitzer’s “Situation Room”

Label: Lifestyle

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – CNN slotted new anchor Jake Tapper‘s upcoming show for 4 p.m. on weekdays, cutting Wolf Blitzer‘s “The Situation Room” back one hour, a CNN spokeswoman told TheWrap.Tapper, lured away from ABC News in December, was CNN boss Jeff Zucker‘s first major hire since taking charge of the network. Now, with his own show coming in March, Blitzer’s program will but cut from three...

Personal Health: Getting the Right Addiction Treatment

Label: Health

“Treatment is not a prerequisite to surviving addiction.” This bold statement opens the treatment chapter in a helpful new book, “Now What? An Insider’s Guide to Addiction and Recovery,” by William Cope Moyers, a man who nonetheless needed “four intense treatment experiences over five years” before he broke free of alcohol and drugs.As the son of Judith and Bill Moyers, successful parents who watched...