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Always check when you pick up your cake

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Always check when you pick up your cake

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

My father and my niece have a wonderful tradition. Born just 69 years and one week apart, they have celebrated their birthdays together for as long as my niece has had a birthday. Last night, we all went out to eat and then went to my sister’s house to open presents and have birthday cake.

Job-seeker debates opportunity due to location

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Job-seeker debates opportunity due to location

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

DEAR HARRIETTE: I recently managed to land a job after months of searching in this tough job market, and while I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity, I’m struggling with the decision to take it.

‘The return of the king’: Trump is not king

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‘The return of the king’: Trump is not king

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Elon Musk hailed Donald Trump’s second presidential term as “the return of the king,” and Trump is acting that way, governing as if he possesses a divine right to exercise unlimited power.He’s even described his mission in messianic terms: “I was saved by God to make America great again.

Employee worried about long-term future

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Employee worried about long-term future

Saturday, February 1, 2025

DEAR HARRIETTE: I am currently working in an industry that I love, but it is unstable. I’ve been working on the creative side of TV and film for the past eight years. I am currently employed and thankfully have never experienced being laid off.

Elizabeth Ko, M.D.

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Misophonia is actually somewhat common

Saturday, February 1, 2025

Dear Doctors: Ever since I was little, I have absolutely hated the sound of other people chewing. Whenever I try to explain this to someone, they think I’m overreacting or even making it up. Is this something you have come across before? Does anyone know why it happens?

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TODAY IN HISTORY

Saturday, February 1, 2025

In 1884, the first volume of the Oxford English Dictionary was published.In 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. and more than 250 others were arrested at a protest in Selma, Alabama.In 2003, the U.S.

40 YEARS AGO Hamming it up for a practice session during a radio show scene of the musical production of “Annie” were the three Boylen sisters, from left, Rhonda Lacy of Clinton, Andrea Unruh of Weatherford and Sheila Barrick of Clinton.

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CLINTON’S HISTORY 10, 20, 30 AND 40 YEARS AGO

Saturday, February 1, 2025

30 YEARS AGO• German soup supper was planned by the ladies from the First Mennonite Church. Ladies in charge of the meal were Matilda Sawatzky, Rachel Schmidt, Mary Jane Heinrichs, Betty Quiring, Bettye Hinz, Marilyn Isaac, Christye Steigman and Joanie Quiring.

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Refugee agencies scramble after Trump orders them to halt work

Saturday, February 1, 2025

(AP) — Tens of thousands of recently arrived refugees might lose support for basic necessities like food and rent after a Trump administration order suspended federal funding for resettlement agencies.There is widespread confusion as agency leaders seek greater clarity from the government.

The March for Life: Complex messages in changing times

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The March for Life: Complex messages in changing times

Saturday, February 1, 2025

The questions at the 2025 March for Life were familiar ones for D.C. Beltway insiders: Would major politicians show up, and what would they say?

Keep your wandering hands to yourself

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Keep your wandering hands to yourself

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

TORONTO – This is a big country with only one thing on its mind: Donald Trump.South of the border, no one is taking seriously the notion that the president wants to make Canada the 51st state. To Americans, it’s a joke, a throwaway line, a distraction, just Donald being Donald.