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I have a present for you. It’s an image, a story, a retell.
I read it in a newspaper, and when I got to the end, I was left with an intake of breath, a small huff, almost an “oh” of surprise.
I cut out the column and taped it in my notebook. It has been there [...]

WASHINGTON Just because 2-year-old Ruben is a dog doesn’t mean he can’t send Christmas cards.
The McLean, Va., puggle a cross between a pug and a beagle has already mailed season’s greetings to his canine friends and signed them with a paw print. His mother that is, owner Mary Partlow Lauttamus [...]

Dear Amy: My husband’s 30-year-old daughter is very controlling. She decided last year that at her annual family Christmas party, there was going to be a “silly hat” theme. The eight or so adults (her parents, their spouses and grandparents), all over 50, and her two children under 4 are to provide, exchange and wear [...]

Larimer County District Attorney Larry Abrahamson has decided to dismiss murder charges against Tim Masters and could make an announcement as soon as today, according to sources close to his inquiry.
The news follows a week of “round-the-clock” meetings between the DA and law-enforcement officials, including Adams County special prosecutor Don Quick, in which Abrahamson and [...]

CONCORD, MASS. Talk about teachable moments.
In schools and shopping malls and around the dining room table, the subject of teenage pregnancy and sex was suddenly and uncomfortably in the air as parents and daughters talked about or tried not to talk about the pregnancy of 16-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears, who plays [...]

It’s a five-minute walk but a journey of a lifetime every time Pastor Michael Walker crosses from the converted Safeway building on Josephine Street at East Colfax Avenue, home of Church in the City, to the 110-year-old derelict synagogue at East 16th Avenue and Gaylord Street.
Walker slips a padlock from a synagogue door, [...]

When Tyrone Braxton looks at the New York Giants, he sees another team from another time and another town. A team that, despite all the odds stacked against it, and despite all the playoff road trips seemingly headed nowhere, found a way to win a Super Bowl.
“We got that confidence going on the road, just [...]

In a sports world where believing in yourself is an essential tool you need that kind of faith before you can hit a three-rotation 1080 on a snowboard the notion of believing in something bigger can be difficult to fathom.
But a swelling corps of Jesus fans is making itself known in the inherently [...]

On Jan. 10, when the NBA all-star voting update was released, Carmelo Anthony was hoping to hold on and Allen Iverson was hoping to gain ground.
Both got their wish, and as a result the Nuggets will have two starters in an All-Star Game for only the third time. Their selection marked the first time any [...]

In a sports world where believing in yourself is an essential tool you need that kind of faith before you can hit a three-rotation 1080 on a snowboard the notion of believing in something bigger can be difficult to fathom.
But a swelling corps of Jesus fans is making itself known in the inherently [...]