Please enjoy the music while I write this column…
Katelyn Moore
      There are a lot of things that modern technology has spawned that I'm a huge fan of: the Internet, microwave burritos, my iPod… but technology has taken a hammer to former etiquette rules when the cell phone was hatched.
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Think outside the bottle
by JANISSE RAY
      When I lived in a city, I liked to take walks, and on recycling day, I was prone to glance at what my neighbors had consumed during the week, as I walked past. One home always got my attention. Week after week, its recycling container was packed tightly with empty plastic water bottles, of the te...
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GOP Chiefs brush off big-biz allies
by BILL SHIPP
      Since last week's crashing finish of the 2008 session of the General Assembly, the media has been full of various state leaders lamenting the lack of productivity and the egotistical rancor of various Gold Dome politicians.
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Motivation: Snake oil or cure-all?
by LANCE BOLTON
      I discovered years ago that for most folks an unlearnable lesson is that exercising makes a person feel better. The fact is obvious and well known to most folks; exercise makes a body healthier, reduces stress, releases endorphins that elevate mood, and even improves the exerciser's appearance.
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A Nation in trouble
by REV. DOUGLAS HUTCHINSON
      We live in a nation that seems to do everything backwards. We live in a nation where some doctors can take the life of an unborn baby with no regrets or conscience, when God said, "Thou shalt not kill." Exodus 20:13. Then they get mad if someone tries to tell the young mother a better way, like ad...
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Savvy Senior
Junk Mail Relief: How to get your name off marketers' mailing lists
      Dear Savvy Senior Can you give me some tips on how to reduce the mass junk mail and e-mail I receive? For some reason, my wife and I get bombarded with this stuff every day and are sick of it. What can you tell us?
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