All Stories from May 11, 2013 (Change date)
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‘Mammas’ a study in maternal instinctMay 11, 2013 5:41 am - LOS ANGELES — Isabella Rossellini’s search for the meaning of maternal instinct in “Mammas” looks at nine animals where things like polygamy, lying and dying convince he...
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Father can’t take back a $15,000 giftMay 11, 2013 5:30 am - Q. Twelve years ago, my dad, then 80, purchased a condo in Florida for himself and his live-in girlfriend. He paid $30,000 for it. His girlfriend contributed nothing. He...
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Hiking with babies and totsMay 11, 2013 5:06 am - Debbie Frazier wants her two children to grow up appreciating the outdoors. So she introduced them to hiking before they could walk. As a new mom, she routinely loaded ...
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Give ‘investors’ more say in governmentMay 11, 2013 5:00 am - Inarguably, businesses are more efficient than government. In an economy where revenues are tight, the cliché that “government needs to run more like a business” is tru...
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Obama includes self in tax questionMay 11, 2013 5:00 am - A letter to the Daily Herald published April 27 was critical of President Obama for expecting the wealthy to pay a little more. The writer mistakenly said the president ...
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Great speeches need follow-upMay 11, 2013 5:00 am - Exceptionally well-delivered rhetoric in the end is still rhetoric, no matter how dramatic and seemingly heartfelt. There is no question that our president has never sto...
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Elderly mom becomes her favorite travel companionMay 11, 2013 5:00 am - NEW YORK — When I was young, I learned a lot about travel from my mother. She taught me how and what to pack. She taught me to keep a travel diary to record my memories....
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Learn lessons from Soviet UnionMay 11, 2013 5:00 am - My, my, my, how we conveniently ignore history! It wasn’t too long ago when our government derided the USSR for its claims of full employment when investigations reveale...
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9/11 museum will have admission feeMay 11, 2013 5:00 am - NEW YORK — Faced with hefty operating costs, the foundation building the 9/11 museum at the World Trade Center has decided to charge an admission fee of $20 to $25 when ...
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Clear red tape for severely disabledMay 11, 2013 5:00 am - A few weeks ago, I traveled to Springfield to testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the need for the state to make improvements in the approval process f...