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  • A wave of change

    By Russ Bynum

    CUMBERLAND ISLAND, Ga. — John Fry mashes the brakes and curses under his breath as wild hogs scurry across the narrow dirt road, where spiky palmetto fronds claw at the sides of his National Park Service pickup truck.


COLUMNISTS
TIDBITS by Sharon Thompson

  • Equus Run wine surprises Time writer

    Sharon Thompson

    When Time magazine writer Joel Stein learned that all 50 states make wine, he set out to "see if good wine can really be made anywhere." He looked for bottles that cost $15 to $20, and he rated each wine: excellent, good, bad or undrinkable.

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Merlene Davis

  • A voice for Davis Bottom

    Community organizer guides Newtown Pike Extension project through big changes

    By Merlene Davis

    Despite the negative characterization that the term has received lately, Dorothy Coleman is proud to be a community organizer.

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Medicine

  • UK to test drug for low female sex drive

    By Sarah Vos

    A small number of Kentucky women who are distressed about their lack of sexual desire may be able to help a drug company prove that it has a woman's answer to Viagra.

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FOOD

  • A pie in the hand

    An old-fashioned treat

    By Sharon Thompson

    Fried dried-apple pies aren't on many people's lists of things to make with apples, but they are one of the very best.
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HOME & GARDEN
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FAITH & VALUES

  • Memorial to honor the unborn

    By Robin Roenker

    Ron Shields of Louisville wants everyone to know it's not only mothers who sometimes regret their decisions to have an abortion. Shields wears a gold dog tag inscribed with the name "Ronald Paul Shields Jr.," a name that, later in life, he gave the son he and his then-girlfriend aborted when he was18.

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FREE TIME

  • May I have this dance?

    In canine freestyle, dogs, owners bust some moves

    By Cheryl Truman

    In the same way it has never occurred to you that your cat can run the vacuum, it probably has never occurred to you that your dog can dance — dance with you, in fact.

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COMMUNITIES

  • It's turkey contest time: Gobble for your favorite teen star

    Grab your art supplies and Teen Magazine because this year, the Herald-Leader's annual Dress the Turkey Contest is all about teen pop sensations. Think Britney Spears, Hannah Montana, the Jonas Brothers, Cheetah Girls or Rihanna. Or maybe Rudy Vallee, Elvis Presley or one of the New Kids on the Block is more to your liking.

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HEALTH & FAMILY

  • 25% of girls 13-17 get vaccine for cervical cancer, study finds

    By Mike Stobbe

    ATLANTA — One in four teen girls has rolled up her sleeves for the relatively new vaccine against cervical cancer, federal health officials said Thursday. The figures represent the government's first substantial study of vaccination rates for the Gardasil vaccine — Merck & Co.'s heavily advertised, three-shot series that targets the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus, or HPV.
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