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Mind your manners, diners, restaurants are turning the tables on grumpy reviewers | Kate Maltby
The post-dinner rant is all of a piece with our fetish for feedback, but isn’t it all a bit morally cheap?. My new duvet cover is upset with me. This is not, I stress, due to offensive activities ...The Guardian - Mar. 16 -
Tim Dowling: I’m on tour with my band – and my wife is ignoring my calls
After a misunderstanding over who was using the car, my wife teaches me a lesson without saying a word. The band I’m in is heading out for a spring tour from Edinburgh to Exeter, a dozen dates ...The Guardian - 3d -
I'm a neurologist—here are 3 things I do every day to decrease my risk of dementia and keep my brain sharp
"I encourage all of my patients to make adjustments and incorporate habits in their daily lives for better brain health," says Dr. Baibing Chen.CNBC - Mar. 11 -
I do aqua aerobics with women in their 80s – it’s the most fun I’ve had exercising | Kate Leaver
A joy from start to finish, doing jump-kicks underwater to classic pop hits has taught me never to think of exercise as punishment. Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email At my first ...The Guardian - Mar. 13 -
Baby pulled from the rubble in Gaza after an airstrike killed her parents
Rescuers have pulled a 25-day old baby girl alive from the rubble of her home in Gaza's Khan Younis after an airstrike killed her parents and brotherABC News - 5d -
I don’t wear makeup but my wedding is coming up – can I go bare-faced?
It’s radical to choose to cry, laugh and hug without regard for running mascara, writes advice columnist Jessica DeFino. Hi Ugly, . I haven’t worn makeup in years but my wedding is coming up in ...The Guardian - 6d -
Christian Pulisic 'doesn't have the answers' for USMNT but 'I care so much for this team, for this country'
"This team is everything to me," Pulisic said. "I hope people know that about me. It's truly an honor to lead this country."Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Former Mavericks owner Mark Cuban gives honest opinion of Luka Dončić trade: 'I didn't agree with it'
Former Mavericks owner Mark Cuban didn't agree with the team's decision to trade Luka Dončić.Yahoo Sports - 4d -
I fled our $2.2M home due to domestic abuse. I’m on the loan, but we’re both on the title. My husband won’t sell. What now?
“He contributed a $1 million down payment. I mortgaged the rest in my name.”MarketWatch - Mar. 9 -
Ex-Blizzard Boss's Wildgate Plays Like The Star Trek Game I've Always Wanted
I began my hands-on preview with Wildgate--one of the first projects from former Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime's Dreamhaven firm--worried that it might be trying to do too much. The briefing just ...GameSpot - 8h -
Nebraska lawmakers advance bill allowing parental notification for school library checkouts
Nebraska may soon require public schools to inform parents about the books their children check out from libraries if they want to monitor their reading materials, with a vote expected soon.The Hill - Mar. 12 -
D-I girls basketball championship: Live score updates from St. Johnsbury-Burlington
Who will win the Division I high school girls basketball championship game? We find out tonight.Yahoo Sports - Mar. 15 -
'My mindset was to be aggressive,' Texas A&M junior Pharrel Payne explains breakout game
"My mindset was to be aggressive. My inside game was working for me all night," Payne said postgame after scoring a game-high 25 points off the bench.Yahoo Sports - 4d -
‘We had even more fights than they show in the film’: how we made Dig! with the Brian Jonestown Massacre and the Dandy Warhols
‘The gig ended with onstage brawls. It was the most incredible thing I’d ever filmed but the bouncer took the tapes. It took me years to get them back’. I wanted to make a documentary about 10 ...The Guardian - Mar. 17 -
March Madness in Cleveland didn't disappoint
Six games. Two hundred forty minutes of basketball. Two winners. The first and second round of the Division I men’s basketball tournament in Cleveland has come and gone, but it certainly didn’t ...Yahoo Sports - 13h -
PHOTO GALLERY | 'We didn't quit': Central Cambria girls rally, but fall short in Class 3A quarterfinal
NORTH HUNTINGDON, Pa. – The Central Cambria High School girls basketball team implemented a spirited, sometimes frantic pace while cutting a 14-point deficit to four points in the final minute of ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 15 -
The one change that worked: I got out of my car in the middle of my commute and sat under the trees
Three years ago, when I was stuck in a traffic jam, I decided to stop to visit a park I’d passed by many times. Now, I go there at least one morning a week. I must have passed it 100 times. Until ...The Guardian - Mar. 17 -
Virtual reality goggles helped me on the path to physical recovery
An unexpected bit of tech opened up a whole new world of possibilities for a frustrated, injured writer . If you had asked me a month or two ago if I had ever had a spatial immersive experience, or ...The Guardian - Mar. 16 -
‘Never fails to make my day’: readers on their feelgood movies
As Guardian writers continue to share their go-to comfort films, we asked for your picks, which range from a ghostly sports drama to a Hitchcock thriller. My parents’ favorite, too. So much so ...The Guardian - 5d -
What I learned from the woman who does 52 new things a year | Emma Beddington
I definitely can’t match her sense of adventure – and I find real pleasure in my daily routines. But it is time to escape my hummus-tinged comfort zone. As part of my puny striving towards personal ...The Guardian - 1d -
Dodgers Star Mookie Betts Is Struggling with 25-Lb. Weight Loss from Mystery Illness: ‘My Body’s Kind of Eating Itself’
“Literally every time I fuel my body, I throw it up,” the 32-year-old athlete saidYahoo Sports - 1d -
What are my rights if my flight is cancelled or delayed?
If you face disruption because flights are cancelled or delayed you could be entitled to help.BBC News - 4d -
‘I’m deeply disturbed’: My portfolio lost 20%. With Trump’s trade war, do I sell my stocks and buy gold?
“With the current state of domestic and global affairs, I’m at a loss as to how to keep my economic stability in check.”MarketWatch - Mar. 13 -
The one change that worked: I volunteered in a Paris bar – and found a whole new life in France
At first, I didn’t know my mouchoir from my torchon, but shifts at Le Bar Commun improved my French, opening up a world of opportunities. I don’t know why I thought I would be like Grace Jones. The ...The Guardian - 1d -
My husband plans to leave his estate to his adult son, who steals his credit card to gamble online. What can I do?
“Dementia runs in my husband’s family. My husband’s son has been known to take money from his dad without permission.”MarketWatch - Mar. 11 -
Girls basketball: Springboro's Martin, Fairmont's Finn earn top Division I All-Ohio honors
Mar. 25—Springboro High School senior guard Bryn Martin and Fairmont coach Jeremey Finn earned top honors as part of the Division I All-Ohio girls basketball teams, which were announced this week ...Yahoo Sports - 1h -
‘I’m an endless honey pot’: My wife and I are in our 70s. We gave our son $40,000 for his L.A. wedding. Now he wants more.
“We have four sons. We financed three of them through college, so none of our kids have student loans.”MarketWatch - Mar. 8 -
Mariah Carey Did Not Copy ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ From Earlier Hit, Judge Rules
Two songwriters had filed a $20 million lawsuit accusing her of infringing on their copyright of a song with the same name: “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”The New York Times - 3d -
Polson girls tennis sweep Hamilton, Libby
Mar. 23—POLSON — Baylee Lemm picked up a pair of straight set wins as Polson girls tennis downed Hamilton and Libby Friday. Lemm didn't give up a game against Hamilton's Kaelynn Duewall as the ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Rams WR Puka Nacua wants to retire by the time he's 30: 'I want to have a big family'
“To go out at the top, I think it would be super cool.”Yahoo Sports - 1d -
Jordan Spieth throws club in frustration, says 'I didn't mean to'
Jordan Spieth found the water at 16th and threw his club in frustration.Yahoo Sports - Mar. 15 -
Undocumented mom of U.S. citizen girl with brain cancer who was removed to Mexico pleads for family's return
The mother of a 10-year-old girl recovering from brain cancer who was removed to Mexico when her parents, who are undocumented were deported, is pleading for her family’s return to the U.S. for the ...NBC News - Mar. 13 -
I’m a 62-year-old widow looking to downsize. Should I take out a HELOC and buy a condo?
“Condos in my area are scarce and often sell the day they hit the market. I could get a line of credit using my house as collateral.”MarketWatch - Mar. 14 -
'I had to spend 448 days in isolation because of Covid pandemic'
Fintan Hood, 20, has a rare immune deficiency condition and was told to shield through much of the pandemic.BBC News - 2d -
I signed a prenup, but my husband refuses to make a will or set up a trust. If he dies, will I inherit his estate?
“He has one adult son from whom he is estranged. He is 71 and I am 69.”MarketWatch - Mar. 9 -
Many life-saving drugs fail for lack of funding. But there’s a solution: desperate rich people
Each year, hundreds of potentially world-changing treatments are discarded because scientists run out of cash. But where big pharma or altruists fear to tread, my friend and I have a solution. It’s ...The Guardian - Mar. 11 -
Fernandes on Keane criticism: It motivates me
Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes said he has plenty of respect for Roy Keane but he wants to do things in his own way.ESPN - Mar. 17 -
‘Keeps me optimistic’: why You’ve Got Mail is my feelgood movie
The next entry in our series of writers highlighting their go-to comfort picks is an ode to Nora Ephron’s winsome romantic comedy. There’s a montage in the opening of You’ve Got Mail that is so ...The Guardian - Mar. 10 -
My Mother Is Punishing Me for Not Coming Out to Her Sooner. Help!
A young reader variously subjected to cruel words and the silent treatment is reaching the end of her rope with her mother, who has portrayed her daughter’s coming out as deceit.The New York Times - Mar. 12 -
My Friend Is Refusing to Talk Politics With Me. Can She Do That?
A reader feels spurned by a friend’s “self-righteous” declaration that she would no longer engage with him about politics after he revealed he didn’t plan to vote.The New York Times - 6d
