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What to do in an emergency
Why sadness can blow your budget
If you're sad and shopping, watch your wallet: A new study shows people's spending judgment goes out the window when they're down, especially if they're a bit self-absorbed.
What are you willing to do to be happy?
Married her friend, living with a monster
Joan Gershman, 59, does not mince words when describing how Alzheimer's disease has affected her marriage.
Carter urges Baptists to end internal divisions
Former President Carter said he hoped this week's meeting of Baptists across racial and theological lines could inspire other churches to end their internal divisions.
Protecting deployed troops from custody battles
It had become an unintended and heart-wrenching side effect of war: Some deployed military parents left battling on two fronts, for the country they are sworn to defend and the children they were lo
Trail led through Burp Castle to Australia
At dusk on New Year's Eve, Erika Gunderson got into a taxi in New York City and entered a digital-age mystery.
Thousands view body of Mormon president
Josh Rich clutched an envelope as he paid his last respects to Mormon church President Gordon B. Hinckley.
Survive before Super Bowl on XX dollars a day
Super Bowl ticket, check.
Old Crocs traveling to needy places
Old Crocs are getting a second chance -- and giving many needy people around the world their first pair of shoes. The maker of the ubiquitous plastic shoes is launching its SolesUnited initiative to
Three tips to get a good deal on a car
The ultimate president -- here's the recipe
A bit of inspirational vision from Thomas Jefferson. A dose of national supremacy from James Monroe. Theodore Roosevelt's bully pulpit, Ronald Reagan's folksy charm and Bill Clinton's empathy. Add i
How to mold men, jeans, houses to fit you
Keep brass, silver, pewter and steel pretty
Create a recipe notebook
Bye-bye scratches, dings on furniture
What'd they do to our house?
The current owner of Dawn Friedman's childhood home recently painted the front door red. When Friedman spotted the change during one of her regular detours down her old street, she called her sister
Worst things to say at work
Workers bringing own economic stress to office
In small businesses across the country, employee stress levels are rising along with talk of recession and the stock market's latest plunge. Problems can also come from a reality that's painfully cl
Best part-time jobs with a future
Choreographing circus a real juggling act
Three weeks before opening night, director Amy Tinkham is at center ring working intently with a woman who will be lifted by her hair and twirl overhead seconds before motorcycles zip underneath her
Best part-time jobs with a future
Platonic work flirting: Good for business?
They ate lunch together almost every day. They commiserated over professional and personal woes, and when projects ran long at the San Francisco architecture firm where they were both summer interns
Love your friends, hate their kid
If you secretly think your friend's child is a monster, is your only option to grit your teeth for the next 10 years?
