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It's that time of year again, the season when you'd better be paying more attention to your surroundings than you might normally. Our local deer population is looking for love.

As you parents know, you're always on guard for things that could harm your child. How many of us ever put bath toys into that category?

I think that most of us are aware of the slew of internet "challenges" that have worked their way through our popular culture over the last few years. Some are really good, while others have injured and even killed people.

Didn't we just talk about how unscrupulous manufacturers are sneaking methanol into hand sanitizers instead of ethanol?

In case you've just been too darn busy to keep a rolling count yourself, we now have 165 hand sanitizers on the updated FDA list of toxic products. Some have already been recalled while others are being recommended for recalls.

It's a Tussock Moth Caterpillar, and it's venomous. Not the fatal type of venomous, but as my son just found out, it's a pretty unpleasant experience.

Officials are warning everyone not to get in the water, especially after two drownings in Lake Michigan over the weekend.

There are certain jobs you look at and say, "Nope. Never. Couldn't possibly do it." Washing windows on a Chicago Skyscraper is, for me, one of those jobs.

The number-one rated free app in the world right now is called "FaceApp," but some in Congress believe there could be something sinister about it.

Let's think about this...which works better, posting a "No Swimming" sign or pointing out a 5-foot alligator in the water?