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  • Desert beauty, ancient history

    By Patti Nickell

    WADI RUM, Jordan — The sun, a blazing orange ball, beat down mercilessly as my driver and I bounced over sand dunes in our creaky Land Rover.

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
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Medicine

  • 'Elderspeak' can be damaging

    By John Leland

    NEW YORK — Professionals call it "elderspeak," the sweetly belittling form of address that has always rankled older people: the doctor who talks to their children rather than to them about their health; the store clerk who assumes that an older person does not know how to work a computer, or needs to be addressed slowly or in a loud voice. Then there are those who address any elderly person as "dear."

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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

  • digging in Events, gatherings and products that are cropping up

    Cob and Natural Plasters. 10 a.m. Oct. 11. CobBale Art Studio, 485 Jackson Branch, Richmond. $40-$50. www.HomeGrownHideAways.org.

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FAITH & VALUES

  • Calendar changes

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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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