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• The Ticker

• Joaquin Phoenix leaps into crowd at hip-hop show

• Gisele Bundchen enumerates the wonders of new hubby Tom Brady

• Horoscopes for March 13, 2009

• Amy Dickinson: Ask Amy

Health & Fitness

• 'Observation stays' at hospitals questioned

• Father seeks law to keep those who suffer blackouts from driving

• Hospitals offer free HIV tests for emergency room patients

• Family planning may suffer as economy declines

• New battle lines on stem cells

Women & Family

• Julie Deardorff: Inside magazines: Wondertime and Allure

• Web site gives vintage fabrics new life

• Amy Dickinson: Don't let sis leave out your hubby

• Julie Deardorff: To work your brain, work your body

• Little change year to year

House & Homes

• Mary Umberger: Real estate pro proposes government insurance on housing prices

• Yellow fever takes over the home

• How to select the right pot for gardening

• Elton John, REM, Beastie Boys get crafters and cleaners rolling

• Chicago home-design events and sales

Play

• Check It Out, best-bet events for the weekend

• It's time for Green River soda

• Ellen Warren: How to wear animal prints

• Green (a.k.a. eco-friendly) beer

• Green nails for a green St. Patrick's Day

Food

• Fresh comfort

• Giving fiber its due

• Bill Daley: Finding the right wine for Ethiopian spice

• Calendar

• Truffle butter elevates roast beef

Fashion

• Dress for less than $200

• How Ikram Goldman became Michelle Obama's closest fashion adviser

• 4 steps to 'Shopaholic' waves

• Here are other ways to flatter the figure

• Today's shapewear smooths you out, stays comfortable

Books & Media

• Alan Moore, author of "Watchmen," reinvented the comic book

• Obsessed with octuplets

• "Wandering Stars" by Sholem Aleichem

• FROM THE PRECINCTS: What books are selling in Chicagoland?

• 'The Slide' by Kyle Beachy