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Today we have a tragic mystery ... I think ... presented piecemeal by old newspaper clippings. I hope that Helpful Reader can fill in the gaps and tell us wh...
by Celia Storey - August 2, 2021As a member of the secretive Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, has reason to worry about hackers. At a briefing by security staff this...
by Alan Suderman, The Associated Press - August 2, 2021It's not hard to find sensitive picture books designed to comfort grieving children or to help other kids understand what death does to the living — so they ...
by Celia Storey - August 2, 2021For inexperienced hikers, smartphones are a multipurpose tool: a flashlight, an emergency beacon and a GPS, all in one device. But it can be ill-advised, and...
by Alyssa Lukpat, The New York Times - August 2, 2021CARTI hosts the 18th annual Tour de Rock cycling event Aug. 14, starting and ending at the intersection of Riverfront Drive and Brother Paul Drive in North L...
by Eric E. Harrison - August 2, 2021I don't remember his name anymore. But if I can put the memories in the right order, he was known for teaching the shop class more than any other subject. Ho...
by Cassie McClure - August 2, 2021Years ago, when old dogs developed arthritis, owners might have them euthanized to spare them pain. Today there are effective treatments to precent or ease p...
by Lee Pickett, VMD - August 2, 2021Devoid of any joints or bone, an elephant’s trunk is made of pure muscle that is capable of uprooting trees and gingerly plucking individual leaves and also ...
by Richard Sima, The New York Times - August 2, 2021How do you feel about receiving the gift of stability? It's one that the very fortunate tend to take for granted and the very unfortunate define differently....
by Holiday Mathis - August 2, 2021DEAR HELOISE: I'm tired of so much plastic floating in our oceans and waterways. There is plastic trash all over this country in parks, roads and everywhere ...
by Heloise - August 2, 2021The old adage "lift with your legs, not with your back" is a classic piece of good advice. And really, it is about minimizing the force-generation requiremen...
by Matt Parrott - August 2, 20211. Senate Majority Leader Chuck
August 2, 2021About 4,300 years ago, someone drew a melon on the wall of a tomb in Egypt. It's big, fat, green and generously striped: Everything you'd expect a watermelon...
by Veronique Greenwood, The New York Times - August 2, 2021Dean S. Hurliman carves sculptures of birds that are beautiful to look at and difficult to see.
by Jerry Butler - July 26, 2021Who hasn't had a delicious milkshake, popsicle or ice cream cone interrupted by the summertime curse known as a "brain freeze"?
by Jason Bittel, The Washington Post - July 26, 2021