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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Teens and texting

It'll take a village - parents, safety advocates and driving instructors - to stop teens from texting behind the wheel.

Tips on entertaining from the Department of Deportment

Since a blip just after the middle of the last century, when "let it all hang out" roiled the world of party protocol, social graces are in, and bad form is so five minutes ago.

Woman in wrong-embryo case hopes to see child soon

An Ohio woman who was implanted with the wrong embryo says she hopes to visit soon with the baby boy she delivered and turned over to his biological parents.

Younger men, older women may be hot in Hollywood, but few of these relationships last

Darin Riggio has a thing for older women — he dated his first "Cougar" when he was a 19-year-old college student. She was 43.

His & hers rooms

 Deb Olson in her new

Deb Olson in her new 'woman cave'

When relaxing at home, what's good for the goose isn't always good for the gander. Some couples compromise by creating separate, gender-friendly retreats.

Carolyn Hax: Try seeing rude sister-in-law from new angle

Dear Carolyn: I do not get along with my sister-in-law. She is nosy, rude and catty, and it is very difficult for me to be around her for more than a few minutes. However, it is important to my husband and me that we spend time with his brother and our nieces and nephews, and so we continue to be friendly and take whatever she dishes out (asking how much things cost, opening drawers in our home, eating our food without asking, asking personal questions about our relationship, gossiping about other family members, talking nonstop about herself, etc.).

Obama's half brother recalls their abusive father

President Barack Obama's half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel — the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late father, the mostly absent figure Obama wrote about in his own memoir.

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