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Shoes wisely, grasshopper

Those first few steps in the morning are surprisingly painful. It feels as if someone has hammered a 10-pound nail ..


Free! Not a scam!

Think about the last time you were in a giant chain bookstore, with its aisles of best-sellers, its huge children's ..


Scam U.

Junior and Missy's parents are driving them 12 hours away from their hometown to The University of Getting Out of ..


The state of the state fair

It used to be that if your body was tattooed from head to toe, you wore large hoop earrings and ..


Let the grandparenting begin

We ran into the Westcotts after they'd spent a weekend with their son, daughter-in-law and 2-year-old grandson. They were still ..


The zip code of the west

We've been doing 75 miles an hour for the last two hours across the desert and the view hasn't changed ..


It's cryogenics time again

I recently saw a show on TV about cryogenics -- the science of freezing your brain after you die so ..


The $800 apple

Years ago I started planting fruit trees in the back yard. I planted five different kinds of apple trees, a ..


Live long and prosper

Almost every day, you hear about an accident victim being airlifted to a medical center which, many times, is able ..


Throwing a fit

Many states have banned, or soon will ban, texting and phoning while you drive because it's so distracting. However, it's ..


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