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Featured Articles from the Chicago TribuneFEATURESSame marriage, Round 2Dougal Waters, Photographer's ChoiceBUSINESSTV pitchman Kevin Trudeau sentenced to 10 years in prisonAdam Wolffbrandt / Chicago TribuneNEWSPain relievers: What are the differences?By Anne Stein, Special to Tribune Newspapers | January 13, 2011Acetaminophen           Brand name:   Tylenol         Best for:   Excellent for pain relief and fever reduction. Commonly used long-term for osteoarthritis, chronic back pain and headaches.         Side effects:   Very few if taken as directed, which makes it our experts' first choice for over-the-counter (OTC) pain relievers. If not taken as directed, risk of liver failure.         Take this with:   You do not need to take on a full stomach or with food/milk.         Alcohol warning:   Anything that may be toxic to or interfere with liver function should be minimized or avoided when using Tylenol, alcohol specifically.HEALTHTherapists see no developmental benefits from seatsBy Julie Deardorff, Chicago Tribune reporter | March 15, 2012Like other gadgets that confine babies, including walkers, exercise saucers and bouncy seats, the Bumbo Baby Seat is not popular among physical therapists.      Bumbo's website says its product  -  which props up an infant in a sitting position before he may be physically ready to do it on his own  -  has developmental benefits and enhances posture.      But the position actually teaches babies incorrect postural alignment, with a rounded back and the head leaning forward, said Mary Weck, clinical coordinator of physical therapy atChildren's Memorial Hospital in Chicago.ENTERTAINMENTChicago native Susan Aikens stars on NatGeo's 'Life Below Zero'Steve Johnson and Tribune reporter | May 29, 2013Seeing Susan Aikens in "Life Below Zero," the new National Geographic Channel reality series about enduring Alaska, it's hard to fathom that she was once a child of Chicago's northwest suburbs. Aikens, who for 11 years has run the Kavik River Camp near the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, seems so at home in her parka and her remote outpost that it's hard to imagine her anywhere else.     "I am the last frontier," says Aikens, a plain-spoken 49-year-old who says visitors need to respect Alaska or pay the price.NEWSThe gift, the girl and the firefighterJohn Kass | October 12, 2012The girl and the firefighter lived in the same part of town, the Mount Greenwood neighborhood on the Far Southwest Side of Chicago, a neighborhood of cops, firefighters and city workers.     The Mayoskis live there. And so do the Beazleys, and although there are police and firefighters in the families, they didn't know each other well.     Emily Beazley is the girl. She's 10 years old, born on Sept. 11, 2002, exactly a year after the terrorist attack in New York. At first, life wasn't easy for Emily.N