At the garage sale, rare books can be nabbed for a buck. A Picasso vase goes for a fiver. The setting that a sale occurs in may obscure the value of what's being sold there. Note that this can also happen in reverse, as it is likely to do under today's precariously aspected Venus to Mars. A ...
Dear Annie: My brother, "David," has been struggling with alcohol for years, and it's starting to take a toll on our family. Recently, he lost his job and moved back in with our parents, who are both retired and not in the best health. They feel obligated to help him, but it's causing a lot of ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I recently read a book where a person who suffered from anxiety and depression found that Adderall gave relief from the effects of anxiety and depression. My initial thought was that this could help a person focus and perform, almost like a stimulant. Currently, Xanax is a nice ...
Dear Heloise: I've been reading about this new visitor to America -- the Joro spider. Pictures of it show this long-legged creature that can apparently fly on currents of air. It can bite, but I don't know if it's poisonous. I'm deathly afraid of bugs, particularly spiders. The sight of one ...
Today is Wednesday, June 26, the 178th day of 2024. There are 188 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: In 1948, the Berlin Airlift began in earnest after the Soviet Union cut off land and water routes to the isolated western sector of Berlin. Also on this date: In 1917, ...
The legendary song suggests Bon Jovi has been "shot through the heart, and you're to blame/Darling, you give love a bad name." In all fairness, love's blame can be difficult to lay, as it's seldom an archery situation and more often a "wrong place, wrong time" scenario. Case in point, today's ...
