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Eliana Ramos, 18, was buried yesterday by weeping relatives and friends, a day after she was found dead at her grandparents home in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo. Friends would later tell ODay that from Peggotty Beach they saw a single bolt of lightning strike near the shore. The next thing ODay remembers is waking up [...]

If you’ve ever wondered what a pride parade in rural Utah looks like, Dottie has all the details. An angry listener writes in to rebuke Dottie regarding her misquoting of Mormon doctrines. Dottie responds to the awful raids of the Texas fundamentalist Mormons and reflects on the persecution that her own polygamous great-great grandparents experienced [...]

My nephew was getting paid for programming by the the time he was fourteen, but even younger kids can show old folks how to use a computer and the internet for a fee. Learn a few more skills, and they can even set up computers for new owners who are using them for the first [...]

Living within sight of the Green Mountains, I identify more with the Vermonter mentality than anyone who lived their youth south of Albany. I too grew up with covered bridges, maple sugar shacks, and untamed forests waiting to be explored. This state of mind hearkens back to a simpler time. Vermont Country Store amplifies this [...]

You don’t have to be a gourmet, just someone who really LOVES food and drink!!!! What vegetable heralds Spring more than the asparagus? This symbol of rebirth and renewal is the perfect accompaniment to holiday meats such as ham and lamb. In my great grandparents’ Swabian and Bavarian hometowns of southwestern Germany asparagus, known as [...]

Use so many excuses like this to try and lessen their prison sentences. Twelve-year-old Christopher Pittmans family argues that the change in his antidepressants caused a bad chemical reaction, triggering violent outbursts. I do not think 12-year-old Pittman can blame the murder of his grandparents on his anti-depressants. It can be likely that Pittman was [...]