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When to pardon your turkey of an ex-boyfriend

Why is the president the only person who gets to pardon turkeys in this great nation? Let’s usher in a new Thanksgiving tradition: pardoning your turkey of an ex-boyfriend. What about the ex...

DATE: Nov 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

My clingy college roommate is cramping my style

Q: My clingy college roommate is fond of me, which is flattering, but I have made other friends that I enjoy spending time with more. She is shy and has not really developed a social circle....

DATE: Nov 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

Five tips for your first Thanksgiving with a new significant other

Are you meeting a new significant other’s family for the first time this holiday season – or bringing a partner home for the first time? Either situation can be just as exciting as it is ner...

DATE: Nov 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

The right label can be hard to find

Q: My longtime partner and I are getting married soon, and a straight friend asked if we’d start calling one another “husbands.” We are of the generation that is comfortable with “partner” b...

DATE: Nov 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

Marriage, divorce and gluten avoidance: How Thanksgiving evolved to suit my modern family

This year for Thanksgiving, I’ve volunteered to host for the first time. I’m doing the whole shebang: scrubbing the house, setting the table with a new Pottery Barn tablecloth and centerpiec...

DATE: Nov 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

What happens when daughters start to outshine their mothers?

We’ve all heard the proclamations: 40 is the new 20. Fifty is the new 30. And middle age is now a second adolescence. The upshot? The notion of aging has transformed and women are holding on...

DATE: Nov 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family

Consumer demand fuels shift to cage-free eggs

WAUKON, Iowa – Alert and curious, hundreds of hens with bright red crowns and faces strolled out of a large chicken house midmorning into the fresh air and a fenced pasture amid rolling fiel...

DATE: Nov 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Food

A Native Thanksgiving

Indigenous cuisines inspire a classic and contemporary meal

DATE: Nov 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Food

Got a holiday kitchen disaster?

Here are some quick and easy fixes

DATE: Nov 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Food

Controversy surrounds Dalai Lama’s rebirth

HONGYA, China – The first snow of the season lies light on the hills and the air smells of wood smoke; the police who guard this village on the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau must be in...

DATE: Nov 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Religion

Religion Briefs

Methodists to present ‘The Reel Christmas’ The First United Methodist Church, 2917 Aspen Drive, will offer a new sermon series called “The Reel Christmas” on Nov. 28-29 and Dec. 2...

DATE: Nov 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Religion

The fearless father who threw himself on a suicide bomber, saving lives in Beirut

A father, with his young daughter watching, sacrificed himself to save others when terrorists struck Beirut last week. The day before the horrific massacre in central Paris left t...

DATE: Nov 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Family