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The cleanup and repair seems to ease as they get older
It starts innocently enough. The little infant drool spot on your shoulder from holding a very sleepy baby is a sweet reminder of the adored new addition. You don't even bother to try to wipe it away. Sometimes the drool is replaced by spit-up. Not as...
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Man's jaw was broken over lost jacket upset
A DRUNKEN thug launched an uprovoked attack on a man leaving him with a broken jaw after a row over a lost jacket. Knighstwood man Steven Gallacher left his victim needing hospital treatment after punching his victim on the head before repeatedly kicking...
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Protesting against the carbon tax
ONE of the unexpected benefits of the carbon tax is that it has transformed the profile of the political protester from a youth with an inexplicable hairstyle and a tendency towards vegetarianism, to a mature person who marches in orthopaedic shoes and...
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Warriors vent frustration in positive manner
Frustration turned into anger for Snow Canyon entering last Friday’s home game against Shadow Ridge (Nev.). In normal circumstances, that kind of reaction can be a negative thing. On the football field, however, it can be used in a positive manner. Snow...
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Do Germs Spread on Airport Security Lines?
We live in a germy world, says William Schaffner, infectious-disease specialist and chairman of the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tenn. "If we went down to Times Square and began culturing...
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A Luxury Limo Ride May Be Just What the Doctor Ordered
Peace of mind is becoming an increasingly rare commodity. When was the last time you really got to just lay back, relax, and let the world pass you by? If you can't remember the last time, then by all that is sacred, please read on: KLS Transportation...
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Feminist Icon Helen Gurley Brown Has Died
I worked in a liquor store in Georgia that had a private club attached. In the ladies room was a wooden plaque upon which was mounted the famous Burt Reynolds Cosmopolitan centerfold, lovingly varnished to give the plaque an antiqued look. It had hung...
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New Orleans were dealing with long after the waters receded
Anyone who thinks David Simon left journalism when he exited the Baltimore Sun might want to check out the new season of HBO's "Treme." Or, for that matter, any or all of the five seasons of "The Wire." Though it's this season of "Treme," Simon's post-Hurricane...
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Leonard Davis literally a big addition
Leonard Davis is one of the NFL's biggest men today because his parents, both of whom had lost spouses, found each other in small-town Texas and decided to add one more child to their already enormous blended family. He became No. 22 in the brood, between...
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Jaslene Gonzalez unleashes powerful alter ego on modeling shoots
I grew up on a stage. I started dancing at the age of four and soon after started a singing and dancing group with my aunts, uncles, cousins, friends and some kids from my neighborhood. We were called Viva La Gente, meaning “up with people.” We traveled...
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She also incorporates some of her faux finish samples into smaller pieces
Abundance of nature, full bursts of color, freedom and leisure, calmness and coolness of water – those were a few of the words and phrases that came to mind for curator Guna Mundheim when she went about soliciting artwork for the August exhibit now at...
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lawmakers want ammunition sales restricted
Ten days after the Colorado movie theater massacre, federal lawmakers introduced a bill that would effectively ban people like suspect James Holmes from buying thousands of rounds of ammunition by mail or online. "It's time to close the loophole that's...
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We have to keep on practicing to get it right for this
It's not London. But on Thursday there was plenty of Olympic spirit on Randall's Island as about 3,500 students participated in their own Summer Olympics. Rain washed out the track and field events in the morning but the students didn’t seem too disappointed....
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who often need second and third jobs to get by
Usain Bolt is the world's fastest man and he would like to thank a few people who've helped make it possible. Ashton Eaton is the best all-around athlete in the world and he'd love to do it too. Same goes for world high jump champion Jesse Williams, the...
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There was a bunch of hotel security standing around shooting
A pair of autographed Michael Jackson shoes that were reported stolen from an auction at the Loews Hotel in Center City early Sunday morning have been returned to their owner. Martino Cartier, a 37-year-old salon owner from Blackwood, NJ, said he brought...
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shoe salesman turned repairman and co-owner of Olde
What a US tour it must have been last year for Brighton duo Blood Red Shoes to coax out this epic rock creation that moves away from their usual pop-punk writing style. Only ever seeing glimpses of true punk-rock angst in their recorded material it obviously...
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if you watched and enjoyed Sex and the City
In a city where the streets sometimes seem a little too quiet, it's a joy to walk into the hustle and bustle of Adelaide's Central Market. Located under one roof in the heart of the city since 1870, the market is a magnet to locals and tourists of all...
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We need more compassion in all forms of human endeavour
One of the big local stories of 2012, in my estimation, was about the Winnipeg bus driver Kris Doubledee, 38, who gave his shoes to a barefoot, homeless man. It was a spontaneous act of compassion that sent a glow through the city and made news across...
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where her father worked for the English Colonial Office
NICKY Royall has seen first-hand how a few dollars can help break the poverty cycle in developing countries. Mrs Royall was born in Malawi, where her father worked for the English Colonial Office, but has no memory of her early childhood in Africa. However...
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Serra came from a middle-class family in Jacksonville
Dominic Serra walked into the University of South Florida book store with a new haircut, his black dress shoes in grocery bag. He wore ear buds, a polo shirt, jeans and Pumas. He looked like a young Mark Wahlberg, if Mark Wahlberg was an engineering student...
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Giants have grown into their roles through trials
In the fourth quarter of the Mid-Illini Conference game Tuesday night between Morton and Canton, the Potters’ student section chanted at the Little Giants, “Overrated.” Far from being insulted, Canton coach Layne Langholf almost took it as a compliment....
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which trains the mind to see in a certain way
During the first decades of the 20th Century, when domestic photography was being developed and more and more people travelled and met on trains, the public was introduced to new ideas of brevity and transience. The 'brief encounter' became one of the...
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I've known many a woman to wear a regular
Due to an unfortunate run-in with a kitchen knife and subsequent hand surgery, this week's column is brought to you exclusively by my right hand. I make my living writing, so the first thing I thought when I opened my eyes and saw my fingers perpendicular...
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New Casey relay on the starting blocks
AN annual walk against cancer has reached capacity in Berwick but Casey residents can take part in a new event this year. The inaugural Cranbourne-Narre Relay For Life will be held in November and organisers are looking for volunteers to help get the...
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I looked up and saw the running shoes
A suspect in a brutal knife attack led police on a high-speed pursuit before he was found hiding up a tree, police officers told a jury in an attempted murder trial Thursday. Ottawa police Acting Sgt. Ian Hayes said he and a K-9 officer tracked the person,...