Romance is unlikely to re-ignite
<p><strong>DEAR ABBY:</strong> My boyfriend and I have been together a year and a half. I regret moving in with him when I did, which was after only three months of dating.
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Bieber is booed as Madonna, JLo thrill
<p>As the author of a celebrity-news column, we felt compelled to check out at least a few minutes of Sunday’s Billboard Music Awards.
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HOROSCOPES
<p><strong>IF YOU WERE BORN TODAY </strong> You are fearless and courageous. Nothing daunts you; obstacles merely galvanize you into action.
FDA has safety concerns with Merck insomnia drug
<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators say an experimental insomnia drug from Merck can help patients fall asleep, but it also carries worrisome side effects, including daytime drowsi
Yahoo buys Tumblr for $1.1B
<p>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet pioneer.
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Makin’ the right choices about bacon
<p>Americans love their bacon. As a nation, we consume more than 1.7 billion pounds of it each year. There are bacon bloggers, bacon websites, and bacon-of-the-month fan clubs.
With a Grain of Salt
Study questions how sharply we should cut down
<p><strong>WASHINGTON — A surprising new report questions public health efforts to get Americans to sharply cut back on salt, saying it’s not clear whether eating super-low levels is wo
Breast-cancer surgery options grow
<p>CHICAGO — One of the world’s most glamorous women had an operation that once was terribly disfiguring — removal of both breasts.
Is natural deodorant really safer than the chemical kind?
<p><strong>Q.</strong> I’ve relied on natural crystal deodorants for years, with the understanding that they were safer than the usual antiperspirants.
Meds vs. life quality
<p><strong>DEAR DR. ROACH</strong>: Several years ago my husband received a stent for a 99 percent blockage.