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Just say no to the matching bedroom furniture set
Designers favor mixing an array of furniture finishes and styles. Here’s how to get the look.
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Used paperbacks change lives behind bars, even with growing prison book bans
Rejected books include manuals like “Nutrition for Dummies” as well as thousands of other titles such as “Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements.”
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Ask Amy: Should I assume that people in need are too shy to ask for help?
Does he have a responsibility to help everyone around him – even if they don’t ask for it?
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Miss Manners: Neighbors are fundraising for a mismanaged private school
A letter writer is appalled at their community rallying to raise funds for a mismanaged private school.
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Carolyn Hax: How to relate to others without making it about you
A letter writer wants to break a “selfish” habit of relating others’ stories back to personal experience.
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Privacy policies have gone insane. Doubt it? Consider Instacart
As enterprises strive to leverage data in every way possible, corporate privacy policies detail exactly what they’re trying to get away with — and are written in the fervent hope that no one ever reads the details. In recent months, privacy policies have veered wildly off course. Instead of being a document that comforts customers/prospects…
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Jon Stewart and Rachel Maddow Are Luring Liberals Back to Cable TV
Once a week, Rachel Maddow and Jon Stewart are luring viewers back to basic cable.
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Abnormally Dry Canada Taps U.S. Energy, Reversing Usual Flow
Lower-than-normal rain and snow have reduced Canada’s hydropower production, raising worries in the industry about the effects of climate change.
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Toyota and Other Japanese Carmakers Say They Mishandled Safety Tests
The Japanese authorities had told the companies to conduct investigations into their compliance with national standards for safety and other issues.
