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Horoscopes by Holiday for Dec. 16

Since we only see our half of relationships, it's impossible to know how the other person might be experiencing it, but oh, how we'll try in the afterglow of the Cold Moon. We'll project ourselves into what we imagine to be their point of view, asking astute questions, observing and absorbing ...

Testy about takeout

Dear Annie: Both my adult daughter and her husband are employed. Since they do not cook, when my husband and I visit them, which is approximately four times a year, they send out for food and ask us to pay our share of the bill, or, on occasion, she will use my credit card to pay for the whole ...

Probiotics may help restore good bacteria in the gut

DEAR DR. ROACH: You recently wrote that you do not recommend probiotics in healthy people. I am a 78-year-old male who, three years ago, underwent an esophagectomy to remove my esophagus and part of my stomach because of cancer. I was put on 30 mg of pantoprazole, which was later increased to ...

Making fudge without nuts

Dear Heloise: Recently, you printed two easy and delicious fudge recipes. Both had nuts in the ingredients. For those of us who don't or can't eat nuts, do the proportions of liquid ingredients in the recipes have to be adjusted so that the fudge won't be too loose? -- Linda H., via ...

Today in History: December 14, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

Today is Saturday, Dec. 14, the 349th day of 2024. There are 17 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 14, 2012, a gunman with a semiautomatic rifle killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, then took his own life as police ...

Horoscopes by Holiday for Dec. 14

While deception can have a negative association, it's a strategy for survival and an evolutionary adaptation we are not alone in having; many other species have evolved to do this, too. And there would be no entertainment, espionage or diplomacy were we not able to transform ourselves. On the ...