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Christmas is imbued with a recognition that the transition from sleep to waking always carries with it the immeasurable gift of a new day.

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To secure its economic future, the region needs an aggressive, farsighted plan for rebuilding the rental housing stock and creating more affordable housing.

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Readers respond to the public editor on recent columns.

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A regular stroll helps keep the mind sharp, a new study shows.

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Six books that have much to say to wine lovers.

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Google News offers a new feature that allows people quoted in news articles to post a comment that will be paired with that article online.

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About half the population in Kentucky does not have dental insurance, and 1 in 10 are missing all their teeth.

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Attention Bill Clinton: If that's what this election is about, it's already over. No matter how much Hillary Clinton, Mr. McCain or Rudy Giuliani brag about being tested and vetted, it's not experience that will be decisive in determining the next president.

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The arguments made in the American Tort Reform Association's report on the country's "judicial hellholes" don't always make sense.

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What works for Oprah the inspiring talk-show host may not work for Oprah the political player. After her endorsement of Barack Obama, part of her base was livid.

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Election officials in other states should follow Ohio's and Colorado's lead in promoting fair and honest elections.

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Some literary-minded bloggers seemed a little piqued at comments on their hobby made by Doris Lessing in her Nobel lecture this month.

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Although the movement is a shadow of its former self, unions still matter politically.

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John Edwards's and Mitt Romney's runs are based in large part on the lessons each has taken from his own success.

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A new, worrisome survey raises doubts about physicians' willingness to meet their medical and societal responsibilities.

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Rudolph W. Giuliani provided the most detailed account yet of the health scare that led to his recent hospitalization, saying that he suffered a "terrible headache" but did not black out.

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Burger King has refused to follow McDonald's and Taco Bell in making tomato suppliers pay their pickers more.

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Rudolph W. Giuliani's presidential campaign has been hurt by acknowledged missteps, sharp shifts in strategy and reports about his personal life.

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Shopdropping, or slipping things into stores as opposed to illegally taking them out, has been growing in popularity.

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The point is not how much rain falls but when. And annual temperature averages hide a new reality: the patterns of hot and cold are changing.

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Why running water may mean a better education for some Afghan children.

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How a business-school professor and consultant for Mattel would turn ''Made in China'' into something other than a curse.

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Almost half of the states may have to choose in the years ahead between their pension obligations and other public programs.

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Around the country, this is the season when cemeteries become homes for many families' second Christmas tree.