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Krista Beggan’s debut novel "A Life Saving Bullet" starts off fast and never lets up. Six months after a young CIA officer dies during a clandestine operation, his best friend and sister, both CIA officers themselves, get assigned the mission of finding his killer. Hunting a ruthless criminal puts everything at stake, especially since the best...Read more

Through alternating perspectives in "Kalayla: Unraveling Tangles," Jeannie Nicholas brings to life an engaging story that explores themes of family, love, loss, marital abuse, healing, and second chances.

Set in Cambridge, Massachusetts, between the summer of 1999 and the spring of 2002, the novel follows the lives of three women from vastly ...Read more

Once their three children became adults, Michael and Jill Loughran moved from Stowe, Vermont, to a rural town about an hour away – more specifically, to a 300-acre spread that used to be a wholesale Christmas tree farm.

Before semi-retiring, Michael had been the operations manager at his family's industrial engineering company in Philadelphia...Read more

'A MINECRAFT MOVIE'

Rated PG for violence/action, language, suggestive/rude humor and some scary images.

What it’s about: An adventure film based on the popular video game Minecraft.

The kid attractor factor: The popularity of the game, the young cast, the humor and the PG-rated adventure.

Good lessons/bad lessons: Being creative is an ...Read more

There are two kinds of people in this world: Do it Yourself People and Hire Someone to Do It For You People. Wisdom is knowing which category you fall into.

We are Do it Yourself People. Unless it involves plumbing. Then we are Hire Someone to Do It For You People.

Experience has taught us that nearly every home plumbing project can and will ...Read more

Q. I have tried to talk to my co-parent about some concerns I have, but she immediately gets defensive. It turns into a shouting match, and I end up the bad guy. I’m not trying to call her out, I just want to talk about the kids. How can we change this? What’s good ex-etiquette?

A. You may not think you are calling her out, but she may feel...Read more

Kanye West said he never wanted to have children with ex-wife Kim Kardashian in a bizarre interview.

Speaking to DJ Akademiks and wearing a black, pointed-hood outfit similar to the hood and robes associated with the Ku Klux Klan, the rapper now legally known as Ye accused Kardashian of controlling their four “Black children” — North, ...Read more

Cultural Psychosis. You might not have heard the term before, but you’re sure to have seen its effects. The term is used to describe a unique set of psychological and behavioral responses — such as feelings of hopelessness and alienation, anxiety, depression, anger, and maladaptive behaviors — within a marginalized group to systemic ...Read more

The son of a Virginia plantation owner and an enslaved woman flees west after he is accused of killing his father… but that is only the beginning of his misadventures in Dan Schafer’s western homage, "Sun Walker."

In 1821, Joshua Beck is one of a hundred volunteers for a large trapping party ascending the Missouri River on keelboats to its ...Read more

Creators of an innovative pacifier believe it will transform neonatal care.

According to team lead and associate professor Hong Yeo in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech, this is the first device in the world that can continuously measure a baby’s electrolyte concentrations.

“We started to develop this technology...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- It was Tom Rose’s 82nd birthday recently, which meant something for his cousin Richard Rose – time to mail the card the men exchange each year.

The cousins have been mailing this card back and forth, between Tom who lives in Sacramento and Richard who is 78 and lives in Colorado Springs, for close to 20 years. Prior to...Read more

WASHINGTON — Lobbyists are pushing Capitol Hill and the White House to elevate pregnancy resource centers and to fulfill promises to slash funding for Planned Parenthood ahead of Supreme Court arguments next week that will examine if states can choose to exclude Planned Parenthood from Medicaid reimbursements.

Domestic health organizations ...Read more

'THE PENGUIN LESSONS'

Rated PG-13 for strong language, some sexual references and thematic elements.

What it’s about: A British teacher at an Argentinean school in the 1970s befriends a penguin who helps him connect with his new community during the military junta.

The kid attractor factor: The cute animal co-star and heartwarming story.

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Q. I have been married to my husband for four years. My husband’s ex has an annoying habit of texting him on his birthday every year. They are flirty texts, not just “Happy birthday” and I find them way out of line. My husband and his ex have been divorced for more than 10 years and the kids are in college, so they have very few co-...Read more

I was one of the first to complete the family NCAA bracket this year. There’s not a chance I’ll win and I’m good with that.

Our son-in-law started the family bracket challenge, which includes his side of the family and our side, 15 years ago.

His side of the family loves sports. His dad even refereed for years.

When you love sports, you...Read more