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There’s still some hope this season for Denver

Let the McBronco Era begin. For better or for worse, today in Cincinnati. Tune in.  It’s way too early to tune out. Bronco fans have spent the better part of six months worrying, ...

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Homegrown column Sept. 12, 2009

We have a petunia plant which has small worms which eat the blossoms. What suggestion do you have to get rid of such worms? —Thanks, Maynard and Charlotte What you have is an insect that ...

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Shine On, 091109 pollux

With summer drawing to a close, wardrobe options are once again looking a bit tired. It is time to add some spark with sequins. This eveningwear staple is making its daytime debut and lighting ...

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Beatles’ legendary recording techniques come through on new CDs

Incredible! That’s what I have to say after listening to some of the brand new remastered Beatles compact discs. Their entire catalog was reissued Wednesday after a meticulous four-year ...

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Wine Column: Sept. 09, 2009

When you’re a winemaker, Labor Day means just that: a day of labor. As the nation was revelling in the last big holiday of the summer, the area’s winemakers weren’t finding ...

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Column: Guide to the fall TV lineup, Sept. 09, 2009

There is a wealth of brilliantly creative people working in Hollywood. Unfortunately, none of them works in television. That’s the perception I get from the TV networks’ fall ...

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Give this quilter an inch, she’ll give you an inchie

If you believe in going that extra mile for a cause you hold dear, here’s a woman who measures her success by every single inch. Nadine Ruggles of Angelbachtal, Germany, is the author of ...

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SPEAKING OF SCIENCE All the buzz on honey as sweet medicine

In 1976, my wife and I were in a head-on collision that left me semi-scalped from my eyebrows to about half-way back on my head.  It looked pretty awful but was actually not a serious ...

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Homegrown column Sept. 05, 2009

Help. There’s this awful looking thing growing along the ground in my garden that looks like The Blob, only yellow. What is it? Do I need to start packing? Is it going to eat up my ...

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OA: Fogerty does justice to ‘Blue Ridge Rangers’ this time around

John Fogerty said that he wasn’t pleased with the original “Blue Ridge Rangers” album that he released in 1973. It was an album of classic country covers including ...

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