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In Vietnam, You Can Take a Cable Car to the Colosseum
The country is in the middle of a cable-car bonanza, much of it driven by the over-the-top developments of the Sun Group, which feature giant Buddhas, ersatz European enclaves and selfie spots galore.
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A Tribal-Led Effort to Protect Marine Life in California Faces Headwinds
The proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary could create a new model for Native collaborative management of public lands. But the sanctuary faces headwinds with a last-minute boundary change to accommodate a wind farm.
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How to Be a Good Person: A Guide to Lifestyle Fitzgerald’s The Great Gats
How to be a Good Person: A Guide to Lifestyle Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby Many people want to be good people but don’t know how. Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby can provide some guidance. In the book, Jay Gatsby appears to have it all–money, power, and prestige. But he’s not a happy man. Gatsby is unhappy…
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How to renovate your kitchen without changing the cabinets
Other upgrades can make dated cabinetry look fresh. Plus, keeping your cabinets can do wonders for your budget and the environment.
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Ask Amy: Fellow volunteer keeps asking me to use Photoshopped images
Letter writer is annoyed at a fellow volunteer who keeps Photoshopping other people’s photos.
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Miss Manners: Extended relatives who come snooping after the funeral
Letter writer wants to make sure their dear, late friend’s distant relatives don’t ransack his house after the funeral.
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Carolyn Hax: Concerned about a friend’s engagement to chronically ill partner
By not questioning friend’s engagement to ill partner, is the letter writer giving “tacit approval” to a lifetime of caregiving?
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Live updates: House expected to vote on Republican Mike Johnson as speaker
Late Tuesday, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) became the fourth Republican pick for the post since the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) three weeks ago.
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10 hours, 2 nominees: Chaos on Capitol Hill and still no House speaker
House Republicans spent another day trying and failing to elect a speaker to lead the House of Representatives.
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Progressives rebel against Biden’s handling of Israel-Gaza crisis
A split over the Middle East war jeopardizes a coalition with the left that Biden has nurtured for three years.