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Remote worker struggles to fill her downtime

Remote worker struggles to fill her downtime

Remote worker struggles to fill her downtime

DEAR HARRIETTE: Lately, I've been finding myself with a lot of free time during the day. I work remotely, but the company that I work for is in a completely different time zone than me. My workday begins before everyone else's, but it also ends before everyone else's.
Recognizing the value of diversity

Recognizing the value of diversity

Recognizing the value of diversity

Take hair. If you want to understand the immense value of diversity in higher education, that’s not a bad place to start.
Dry air is common cause of nosebleeds in the winter, especially in children

Dry air is common cause of nosebleeds in the winter, especially in children

Dry air is common cause of nosebleeds in the winter, especially in children

Dear Doctors: Our 7-year-old daughter has been getting a few nosebleeds each month. It started last fall, and the school nurse thinks it's from dry air. This has been scary for her, and I wonder what can be done to make them stop. Is this something to be concerned about?
Reader feels inadequate in group of friends

Reader feels inadequate in group of friends

Reader feels inadequate in group of friends

DEAR HARRIETTE: My friends are more conventionally attractive than I am, and it's been weighing on my self-esteem a bit. When we go out together, all the attention is given to them, and I am treated as if I'm not even there.
50 YEARS AGO

50 YEARS AGO

CLINTON’S HISTORY 10, 20, 30 AND 50 YEARS AGO

Shown getting the fans fired up for Clinton’s freshman football team were members of CHS’s 9th grade cheerleading squad. Leading a cheer were Jacey Stone, Mandy Shulz and Brooke Stephenson while sitting on their shoulders were Jennifer Ackley, Allison Dowdell and Gina Gibbons.

Positive steps for Clinton’s hospital

This week the City of Clinton entered into an agreement for Carrus Health to operate our hospital after AllianceHealth leaves at the end of the year. We see that as a good move for our hospital and the community.
Fairy stories, myths in a disenchanted world

Fairy stories, myths in a disenchanted world

Fairy stories, myths in a disenchanted world

Demons appear on movie screens all the time, but poet Richard Rohlin is convinced he has actually seen them at work when counseling young people whose search for meaning has driven them deep in experiments with sex, drugs and the occult.
Exposing Biden’s ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ slander

Exposing Biden’s ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ slander

Exposing Biden’s ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ slander

Early voting began in Georgia several days ago. There is, of course, intense interest in both the state’s Senate race, with University of Georgia football legend Herschel Walker challenging Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, and the governor’s race, between Gov.
Fit test is a good alternative for those who won’t get colonoscopy

Fit test is a good alternative for those who won’t get colonoscopy

Fit test is a good alternative for those who won’t get colonoscopy

ASK THE DOCTORSDear Doctors: I'm a 72-year-old man, and I was supposed to get a colonoscopy last year. I was surprised when my insurance company sent me an at-home kit to do a colon cancer screening. It was a lot easier than a colonoscopy, but my question is, can it be accurate?