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'Not this time' Few people are still around who were really at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village on that summer evening 50 years ago Saturday, when a raid by the police le... by LOUIS LUCERO II The New York Times - June 25, 2019

Mothers, daughters and sisters I'm watching them across the table, two beautiful young women, deep in conversation. June 25, 2019

Decline in cursive handwriting could spell trouble The seventh-graders from Berkshire Country Day School in Stockbridge, Mass., bend close over a handwritten copy of the Judiciary Act of 1789, expanded large, in... by DEBRA BRUNO The Washington Post - June 25, 2019

Grand Hotel more than soap, its makers promise The new ABC drama Grand Hotel has all the elements that make fun summer television viewing: sun, sex and scandals. All of this unfolds in the last family-owned ... by Rick Bentley Tribune News Service (TNS) - June 25, 2019

Experience key to easing disappointment of dashed hopes DEAR CAROLYN: How does one balance expectations between reasonably high and realistic? I've had a few disappointments lately that hit me fairly hard -- a promot... by Carolyn Hax - June 25, 2019

Ex-Etiquette Q My child's mother is constantly signing our 8-year-old daughter up for extracurricular activities on my time. I have very little time as it is, and she often ... by Jann Blackstone - June 25, 2019

Tell kid: Figure it out yourself or find new friends Q Our son is 13 and in the seventh grade. Last week he came home from school complaining about how a few of his friends have been bullying him. The same boys we... by John Rosemond - June 25, 2019

Quigley's Castle a dream come true for designer Quigley's Castle promotes itself as "the Ozarks' strangest dwelling." At least as strange is the story visitors hear about how Elise Quigley finally persuaded r... by Jack Schnedler - June 25, 2019

Voices from past describe Stonewall on History podcast In honor of Saturday's 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising in New York (see story Page 1E), we went looking for a gay history podcast. We found Making Ga... by Jerry McLeod - June 25, 2019

Super Quiz: It's bad 1. A carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws June 25, 2019

Helpful Hints DEAR READERS: Your young child may have a play date with a friend, a T-ball lesson, a scavenger hunt, a piano lesson, a boat loan and a mortgage. Wait, a boat l... by Heloise - June 25, 2019

DEAR ABBY: Slide phone user is irritated by the pressure to upgrade DEAR ABBY: My friends and family constantly ask me when I plan to get a new phone. I have a slide phone. I used to have a flip phone, which also drew the same q... by Abigail Van Buren - June 25, 2019

Winner of Arkansas High Country Race pedals more than 6 days to reach finish line It's just after 4 p.m. June 14 and Mike Dicken is riding his bicycle toward the Clinton Presidential Center in downtown Little Rock. He is about to become the w... by Sean Clancy - June 24, 2019

READ TO ME: Queen of the Sea This exciting graphic novel adds a sweet but mysterious medieval convent, in the middle of a deadly sea, to the historic and actually terrible sibling relations... by Celia Storey - June 24, 2019

WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE! Do your synonyms for numbers jibe, or do they jive? I have no unifying theme this week, just a mix of things wafting through my head. by BERNADETTE KINLAW Special to the Democrat-Gazette - June 24, 2019