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Couple has wildly different musical tastes

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Couple has wildly different musical tastes

Saturday, July 29, 2023

DEAR HARRIETTE: My partner and I do not share musical tastes — at all.In the beginning, I thought it was cute. He would listen to certain things that I had never heard of, and vice versa. We explored each other's musical tastes a bit early on, but now it's just annoying.

New York City: Sanctuary no more

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New York City: Sanctuary no more

Friday, July 28, 2023

Recently, New York Mayor Eric Adams announced that the city has printed thousands of flyers it plans to distribute at the U.S.-Mexico border. The flyer has a simple message to illegal border-crossers: Don't come to New York.

Relationship drama ruins trip to visit friend

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Relationship drama ruins trip to visit friend

Friday, July 28, 2023

DEAR HARRIETTE: My best friend goes to college in Europe and always spends his holidays over there with his family. Due to this, I get to see him for only two weeks in the winter when he comes home.

Intercostal neuralgia, pain after thoracotomy

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Intercostal neuralgia, pain after thoracotomy

Friday, July 28, 2023

Dear Doctors: After a thoracotomy for lung cancer surgery, I had pain and tingling, along with tightness and spasms, in my midriff. I was told it would ease, but it hasn't. It's been a year, and the spasms are sudden and severe. CT scans are normal, and meds and physical therapy help only a little.

DO JUST ONE THING

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DO JUST ONE THING

Thursday, July 27, 2023

Have you ever used a toilet in a public restroom and noticed it's leaking water? Over time, even a small leak can waste thousands of gallons of water as it goes unrepaired.

Family confidant spills relative’s secrets

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Family confidant spills relative’s secrets

Thursday, July 27, 2023

DEAR HARRIETTE: I have a relative I viewed as a second mother since before I can remember. We were extremely close. Just like with my real mother, I trusted this person enough to confide in her about very intimate details of my life.

Puritanism and power is prevalent

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Puritanism and power is prevalent

Thursday, July 27, 2023

Something tells me I've seen this movie before. Back in my own elementary school days, we read about Dick and Jane. Even at that tender age, it was clear to me that they were Protestants and Republicans, although I had only the foggiest idea what those things were.

New diet research focuses on methylation

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New diet research focuses on methylation

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Dear Doctors: I keep seeing news stories about a diet that supposedly reverses aging. It involves something called 'methylation.' Is this real, or is it just someone's new theory?

Teen feels pressure during parents’ divorce

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Teen feels pressure during parents’ divorce

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

DEAR HARRIETTE: I know you usually talk to adults, but I need help. My parents are in the middle of getting a divorce, and it's been tough on the whole family, but it's for the best because their relationship hasn't been working for many years.

Threat of the third party

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Threat of the third party

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

WARREN, N.H. — Not that they share a mutual dislike, nor that they consider each other a threat to the nation or to democracy, nor even that they hold a decadeslong grudge, but Joe Lieberman and Dick Gephardt are at it again.