Lifestyle Stories from November 17, 2013 (Change date)
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Daughter-in-law turning molehills into mountainsNov 17, 2013 5:15 am - Q. I’m hoping my debacle makes it to your column because I desperately need sound impartial advice! Each year, my mother-in-law sends out a (ridiculously braggy and self...
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Dallas sites tied to JFK's killing still resonateNov 18, 2013 4:50 am - DALLAS — A 1930s-era movie theater. A county hospital. An old brick rooming house. A bustling airport. Sites associated with the assassination of President John F. Kenne...
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Mexican cartel finds more buyers for cheap, potent heroin among Midwestern youthNov 17, 2013 5:00 am - Danny Dillon, a three-sport athlete, thought he was snorting a crushed-up pain pill the first time he tried heroin as a high school junior. Soon he was injecting the dru...
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Amy Tan tells sweeping tale in new bookNov 18, 2013 4:50 am - The prolific and award-winning Amy Tan has delivered yet another sweeping tale of mothers and daughters that spans continents and generations. “The Valley of Amazement” ...
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Michigan towns lure suburbanites with promise of relaxationNov 18, 2013 4:50 am - Harbor Country, as it is known just across the Indiana border into southwest Michigan, is only about 90 minutes away from Chicago's suburbs. But it's another mindset awa...
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’Nebraska’ continues allure of black-and-white filmsNov 18, 2013 4:50 am - NEW YORK — Black-and-white movies are a rarity today, of course, but they nevertheless cling to a persistent and exceptional existence among more flashy fare at the mult...
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In banner year for black films, the hope is for momentumNov 18, 2013 4:50 am - NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey has heard this story before. A wave of high-profile films about black people receives accolades. A heart-warming trend of greater on-screen equa...
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'Doctor Who' at 50: Charming but a little too alienNov 18, 2013 4:50 am - WASHINGTON — In television's vast universe, there is perhaps no acquired taste that is more difficult to acquire than the taste for “Doctor Who,” BBC's long-running sci-...
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A pre-Columbian stirrup pot — or is it?Nov 17, 2013 4:55 am - Q. Back in the day, my grandfather was a buyer for Wrigley Chewing Gum and he frequently visited South and Central America to buy, well, gum. He brought back from one su...
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Holiday decorating expands with themes throughout the homeNov 21, 2013 9:46 am - “Less” may be “more” when it comes to most of today’s decorating. But that adage goes out the window when it comes to the holidays. It seems every year the decorations i...