The once-hip, ultra-extreme sport declines as older riders shift to new, easier-to-ride skis.
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Commentary: Armstrong did more harm than good for the ‘cancer community’
Lance Armstrong, who put cycling on America’s map, got rich and famous on a lie, and dynamited his sport in the process.
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David Rohde: Threat to Mali, region is real
The fear of quagmire may be understandable, but the French were right to intervene.
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Shiny, happy pieces dress up a room
Add a touch of luster to a room – a table with a metallic finish, or a headboard with iridescent paint – and you will be wowed by how it elevates the space.
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Savvy Senior: Quick tips on free Medicare services
DEAR SAVVY SENIOR: What types of preventive health screenings does Medicare completely cover, and which ones require a coinsurance fee? I’m due to get some preventive tests done, but I want to find out how much I’ll have to pay before I proceed. — Frugal Retiree DEAR FRUGAL: Medicare covers a wide array of preventive […]
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Motherlode: It isn’t hard to nudge kids toward healthy snacks
Brian Wansink and his colleagues at the Food and Brand Lab at Cornell University are known for their targeted research into what nudges us to eat less food. (Wansink is the author of “Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think” and the researcher who led the infamous “bottomless soup bowl” experiment.) In a […]
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Ex-Etiquette: In this case, as always, the kids come first
Q: I have two children from a previous relationship, ages 8 and 11. I didn’t have a place to live, so I moved in with my boyfriend a few months ago. My younger daughter gets along very well with my boyfriend, but my boyfriend doesn’t like my older child. He doesn’t want her to live […]
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Maine Gardener: Impatiens lovers in for a sorry summer
A new pest is likely to force impatiens out of the landscape in Maine — and probably in all gardens east of the Mississippi. Impatiens is an annual in Maine and a mainstay of flower beds, cemetery boxes and hanging baskets all through the summer. Although impatiens are not as popular as geraniums, it is […]
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Ideas for bedroom will put you to sleep
There are stores full of exquisite bedding. But fancy sheets, duvets and mattresses can sometimes fall short of our wish lists, in style, price, comfort or all three. What if you could make your own? You don’t need to be a professional designer, or even much of a sewer, to create one-of-a-kind bedding that looks […]
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Maine plans measured approach to gun control
On the agenda will be issues like gun safety education, background checks and limits on access for the mentally ill, says a Criminal Justice panel co-chair.