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Heidi Stevens: For those of us hungry for hope, Sen. Cory Booker's record-breaking speech offered a glimpse
I dropped off my son at lacrosse practice Monday night, drove home to start dinner, threw some clothes in the dryer, unloaded the dishwasher, re-loaded the dishwasher, and turned on the Chicago Bulls to see them losing spectacularly in Oklahoma City.
Sen. Cory Booker was just getting going on the floor of the U.S. Senate.
I got up Tuesday ...Read more

Einstein called it his 'biggest blunder.' Now a Berkeley Lab breakthrough is shedding light on the mysteries of dark energy and cosmic expansion
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has released new breakthrough findings on one of science’s biggest mysteries — one that Albert Einstein once called his “biggest blunder.”
In March, Berkeley Lab researchers presented data gathered from 14 million galaxies at the American Physical Society’s Global Physics ...Read more

At 102-year-old, he still works preparing taxes
HENDERSON, Nev. -- He’s 102 years old and he can still do your taxes.
As a veteran, pilot and tax preparer, centenarian William Brew has stories to tell. Born in 1923 in Idaho, Brew has been to places that don’t even exist anymore, fought in World War II and lived through some of the most pivotal moments in American history, but now lives ...Read more

Erika Ettin: Ask the dating coach
We’re here for another installment of “Ask Dating Coach Erika,” where people anonymously share their burning dating questions.
Question: Any tips for someone who works 80 hours per week and is always burned out but wants to date?
Answer: Trust me -- I wish I had the ability to create more hours in the week. Unfortunately, that's not in ...Read more

Ask Anna: I can't afford to be my friend's maid of honor
Dear Anna,
Three months ago, I excitedly agreed to be the maid of honor in my college roommate's destination wedding next summer, assuming it would involve standard expenses. Fast forward to now, and I'm realizing I cannot afford the costs: a specific designer bridesmaid dress, mandatory professional hair and makeup, the flight and five-day ...Read more

The Kid Whisperer: How to handle a kid who refuses to shower
Dear Kid Whisperer,
I know a certain 11-year-old who doesn't want to do anything in the shower but wash her hair (because she likes how soft and pretty it is when it’s clean). She will go as far as turning on the shower to make us THINK she's bathing, and then just wash her hair in the sink. She stinks. What do I do?
Answer: Gross!
Don’t ...Read more

Do-it-yourself plumbing is a pipe dream
There are two kinds of people in this world: Do it Yourself People and Hire Someone to Do It For You People. Wisdom is knowing which category you fall into.
We are Do it Yourself People. Unless it involves plumbing. Then we are Hire Someone to Do It For You People.
Experience has taught us that nearly every home plumbing project can and will ...Read more

Ex-etiquette: Avoiding a shouting match
Q. I have tried to talk to my co-parent about some concerns I have, but she immediately gets defensive. It turns into a shouting match, and I end up the bad guy. I’m not trying to call her out, I just want to talk about the kids. How can we change this? What’s good ex-etiquette?
A. You may not think you are calling her out, but she may feel...Read more

Jerry Zezima: The inside story
Every 10 years, my internal clock, which I inadvertently swallowed while eating Jell-O, reminds me to have a colonoscopy.
Unfortunately, the sulfate solution I took to wash down the Jell-O and everything else I ingested on my one-day liquid preparation diet would have lost to sewer sludge in a blind taste test.
That’s the sacrifice I made to...Read more

After record high egg prices, some race to buy backyard chickens
MINNEAPOLIS -- Chicks have been flying off the shelves — figuratively, of course.
After a recent nationwide spike in egg prices, local agriculture stores have seen a surge in demand for chickens as Twin Cities residents rush to establish their own backyard coops.
Last Friday morning, around 100 customers hoping to buy baby chicks lined up ...Read more

Man exchanges birthday card with cousin that's been in their family since 1936
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- It was Tom Rose’s 82nd birthday recently, which meant something for his cousin Richard Rose – time to mail the card the men exchange each year.
The cousins have been mailing this card back and forth, between Tom who lives in Sacramento and Richard who is 78 and lives in Colorado Springs, for close to 20 years. Prior to...Read more

Heidi Stevens: If your rally cry is that all lives matter, show us-- with your actions and your policies
Remember All Lives Matter?
It began as a rejoinder, invented to strip power from the Black Lives Matter rally cry born after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, a Black teenager killed on his walk home from a convenience store.
As a phrase, Black Lives Matter was almost immediately twisted by critics to ...Read more

On Gardening: Punch up your Superbenas for even more sizzle
As you are planning this year’s mixed container designs, The Garden Guy wants to give you some ideas to "punch up" your verbenas. I fear your first question is, "What verbenas?" The verbena is that flower your grandparents grew in long beds at the streetside. At least mine did, in Merkel, Texas, west of Abilene.
Today verbenas are the darling...Read more

Erika Ettin: 'Talking phase' turnoffs
There’s an important period in a relationship that’s often overlooked in online dating: the point between finding an interesting profile and actually meeting in person. While there is certainly an art to crafting an interesting opening message — although anything more exciting than “Hey” or “How’s it going?” will often suffice, ...Read more

A magnetic pouch is key to enforcing school cellphone bans. Kids are getting around it
LOS ANGELES -- The bell dinged and the University Charter High School students gathered their things and headed for the door. As students flooded from classrooms, a strange, new sound filled the long hallway: the din of hundreds of students talking.
To each other.
Before the Los Angeles Unified School District cellphone ban took effect in mid-...Read more
From war to uncertainty: Ukrainian students face an unclear future under Trump
MIAMI — Alexandr Mokryk, 13, recalls the Thursday morning Russia launched its full-scale military invasion on his home country.
“I was panicking, like ‘oh my God this is happening,’” said Alexandr.
Like many children across Ukraine, Alexandr packed his things - a charger, clothes, toiletries - into a small suitcase and got into the ...Read more

'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' still actively inspires educators decades after it ended
PITTSBURGH — Gregg Behr's family had four channels to choose from while he was growing up in the 1970s. Though there wasn't much to choose from, one program in particular would play an outsized role in his future.
One of the few channels was PBS, meaning the Pittsburgh native regularly watched Fred Rogers appear on his television screen when ...Read more

Ask Anna: Ask Anna: What to do when your partner shuts down
Dear Anna,
I’m a 35-year-old woman currently in a relationship with a wonderful man (44) who has a complicated family situation. He shares custody of his young daughter with his ex-partner, who has a history of emotional abuse and manipulation. She actively tries to drive a wedge between him and his daughter, fights every single parenting ...Read more

Ex-etiquette: Birthday text from ex?
Q. I have been married to my husband for four years. My husband’s ex has an annoying habit of texting him on his birthday every year. They are flirty texts, not just “Happy birthday” and I find them way out of line. My husband and his ex have been divorced for more than 10 years and the kids are in college, so they have very few co-...Read more

The Kid Whisperer: How to give the right kinds of choices
Dear Kid Whisperer,
My question has to do with family plans. If our 9-year-old doesn’t want to do what the family is doing (going to visit grandparents, going out to eat, etc.) he complains and argues, or asks for constant explanations for any plans that are not exactly what he wants to do. My wife feels that he needs to have input on our ...Read more
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