Thursday, February 9, 2012
RALEIGH – Soldiers who don’t believe in God can go to war with “Atheist” stamped on their dog tags, but humanists and others with various secular beliefs still officially are invisible in the Army.
- Choruses will be the blues singing
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Wear your school colors, but leave the rivalry at home.
- Comedy offers utter ‘Nunsense’
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
The Little Sisters of Hoboken have a problem. Their cook, Sister Julia, accidentally served tainted vichyssoise to the order and killed 52 nuns.
- Olive oil? Oh yes!
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Chef Mary Ann Esposito, host of the PBS television show “Ciao Italia,” knows about the joys and benefits of cooking with olive oil.
- Father creates app to reach autistic sons
Monday, February 6, 2012
CHESAPEAKE, Va. – Joe Hill watched his son press a finger against the screen of an iPhone, pull back an animated slingshot, and fire a bird through the virtual air.
- Tarboro nonagenarian is the Music Man
Friday, February 3, 2012
TARBORO – Roland Taylor’s aged hands flex on the trumpet as he plays a few tentative notes.
Monday, February 6, 2012
CHESAPEAKE, Va. – Joe Hill watched his son press a finger against the screen of an iPhone, pull back an animated slingshot, and fire a bird through the virtual air.
- Aging inmates increase care costs
Monday, January 30, 2012
EDDYVILLE, Ky. – Randy Haight wakes every morning to sore hands and a creaking body.
- Care overhaul plans lag in many states
Monday, January 23, 2012
WASHINGTON – Here’s a reality check for President Barack Obama’s health overhaul: Three out of four uninsured Americans live in states that have yet to figure out how to deliver on its promise of affordable medical care.
- Blood donor has spent a lifetime giving
Monday, January 16, 2012
DARBY, Mont. – Almost seven decades ago, Jim Kyle donated his first pint of blood. That first unit has turned into a lifetime of giving.
- Program targets cardiac health threats
Monday, January 9, 2012
Barbara Wood attended the meeting by accident.
- At 100 years old, the doctor is still in
Monday, January 2, 2012
CINCINNATI – The 100-year-old doctor still makes house calls.He must, said Dr. Fred Goldman.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Chef Mary Ann Esposito, host of the PBS television show “Ciao Italia,” knows about the joys and benefits of cooking with olive oil.
- Handmade chocolates come together quickly
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Attempting to make chocolate bonbons from scratch is enough to test anyone’s love.
But I was convinced there had to be an easy way. So I started playing.
- Make amends for missed opportunities
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Jan. 23 marked National Pie Day. Missed it. Jan. 27 was National Chocolate Cake Day. Missed that, too. Oh, the shame.
But making amends could not be more delicious.
- Vive le French toast!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
French toast is an underappreciated comfort food.
- Watching the game — not cooking — is what counts
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
When it comes to making pulled chicken, it’s hard to beat the two-ingredient simplicity of simmering chicken breasts in a bottle of barbecue sauce.
- Villas roots cookbook in 'the Ground'
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
James Villas is kind of a classy guy.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Wear your school colors, but leave the rivalry at home.
- Square Enix puts ‘Final Fantasy’ on track
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
The “Final Fantasy” franchise, now in its 25th year, has one of the most enthusiastic fan bases in all of video games.
- Comedy offers utter ‘Nunsense’
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
The Little Sisters of Hoboken have a problem. Their cook, Sister Julia, accidentally served tainted vichyssoise to the order and killed 52 nuns.
- Painters draw on their training
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Renee King has discovered part of herself she never knew.
- Singer plans warm concert
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Roslyn Kind has come a long way from her days of singing in front of a mirror as a child.
- Fresh stories propel ‘Old Republic’
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
How do you make that familiar galaxy far, far away fresh again? Take it back to an even longer time ago.
Way back.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
RALEIGH – Soldiers who don’t believe in God can go to war with “Atheist” stamped on their dog tags, but humanists and others with various secular beliefs still officially are invisible in the Army.
- Church program melds fitness, faith
Thursday, February 2, 2012
OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. – For Miriam Maslowski, the Bible isn’t just for feeding souls – it’s the go-to book on how to feed a body.
- Seminary by day, heavy metal by night
Thursday, January 26, 2012
CLAYTON, Mo. – Concordia Seminary in suburban St.
- East End MBC recognizes student
Thursday, January 26, 2012
East End Missionary Baptist Church has presented an Edgecombe Community College freshman the second grant from the congregation’s scholarship foundation.
- Opposing views split Israeli Jews
Thursday, January 19, 2012
JERUSALEM – A few months ago, the Israeli Health Ministry awarded Channa Maayan, a pediatrics professor at Hebrew University, a prize for a book she had co-written on hereditary diseases common among Jews.
- Haredim thrive after hard past
Thursday, January 19, 2012
JERUSALEM – As
a group, the ultra-
Orthodox are, at best, ambivalent about the Israeli state, which they consider insufficiently religious and premature in its founding because the Messiah has not yet arrived.
Friday, February 3, 2012
TARBORO – Roland Taylor’s aged hands flex on the trumpet as he plays a few tentative notes.
- Mayhew recalls darks days of segregation
Friday, February 3, 2012
‘The Dry Grass of August” (Kensington; $15) is a book that is difficult to put down.
- Airborne cheese curds add injury to accident
Friday, February 3, 2012
There once was a bag of cheese curds that was destined for more than a hungry man’s snack.
- Germ warfare: Simple steps fight colds
Friday, January 27, 2012
Don’t be alarmed, but your hand probably is dirty.
- MacGregor teaches an ‘Objects’ lesson
Friday, January 27, 2012
How humans have shaped the world and been shaped by it over the millennia is told by Neil MacGregor through carefully chosen items from the British Museum collection in “A History of the World in 100 Objects” (Viking; $45).
- Adults already know, but kids won’t listen
Friday, January 27, 2012
I wish I could somehow take all of the knowledge and information I have gained over the years and export it into my children’s heads.
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