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Can men and women just be friends? 'Sweethearts' director Jordan Weiss knows the answer

Jordan Weiss had made it as a writer in Hollywood, but she had no plans to direct the film she co-wrote with her best friend, Dan Brier, until she found the confidence to take it on.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - 2 days ago

She Walked Away From Her Soccer Career. Her Friend Didn’t Have the Chance.

How the death of a soccer player made one of her teammates quit playing the sport she loved: “Maddy would still be here if it wasn’t for football.”

Sports - The New York Times - 2 days ago

Brian Harman details story of a family friend in a coma after trying to save his son in a rip current

Cathy Dowdy was badly injured trying to save Harman's six year old son from drowning

Sports - CBS Sports - 2 days ago

‘I have few close friends’: I’m 69, retired, single and have amassed $3.6 million. What should I do with my fortune?

“Many weeks I spend more on my three rescue kitties and one rescue mouse than I do on myself.”

Business - MarketWatch - October 29

Digested week: Crap telly, power naps – oh and I think I may have saved a friend’s life | John Crace

Also this week, Sunak fails to go out with a bang, while his party can just about be bothered to pick his replacement. Life skills you never knew you had. A little while ago I met a friend for ...

World - The Guardian - November 1

‘It strikes me as vengeful’: My friend wants to boycott a coffee shop because of the owner’s political views. Is this what America has become?

“There was a pile-on of hate and jubilance at the thought of putting this man out of business.”

Business - MarketWatch - November 9

I’m a ‘trad wife’ in a happy marriage. How can I get my friends to accept me for who I am? | Leading questions

To your friends, your relationship is probably the least interesting thing about you, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith . Try to remember what drew you to these people in the first ...

World - The Guardian - November 7

‘My father was a teetotaling, fair-minded, liberal-leaning capitalist’: And yet I allowed ‘friends’ to borrow $120K. How do I deal with the fallout?

“Of the original 10 I had earmarked for removal from my life, I’m still in contact with two.”

Business - MarketWatch - November 16

My friend Joshua Wong is among those jailed in Hong Kong – the UK must stand up for these political prisoners | Nathan Law

I too suffered this repression. The harsh sentences handed down to democracy activists cannot go unchallenged. Joshua Wong, one of Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists, was sentenced to ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

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