BATH – Chicago’s legendary comedy theater The Second City will bring its newest touring show, “One Nation Under Blog,” to the Chocolate Church Saturday, June 21.The Second City mines comedic gold from the day’s headlines and the worlds of politics, entertainment and media. The performance will feature some of the best sketches, songs and improvisations […]

DEAR MR. DAD: My child’s school often sends out e-mails asking moms to volunteer in the classroom or around the school. A lot of these e-mails talk about how important it is for moms to be involved in their children’s education. As a dad, I find this a little annoying. Dads’ involvement is important, too.There’s […]

Good morning! And a very happy Father’s Day to all of you daddies, dads, pops, bumpas, poppies, pepères, grandpas and great-grandpas. I hope all of you have a wonderful day and that you are enjoying the beautiful flowers the snow-covered winter and spring rains have given us. The lupines are wonderful as well as plentiful […]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Mike Huckabee, a former Republican presidential hopeful, has been hired by Fox News Channel as a political commentator.“Gov. Huckabee’s campaign experience and knowledge of politics makes him a great addition to our ongoing election coverage,” Bill Shine, senior vice president of programming, said in a statement Thursday.Huckabee, who served as […]

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Ice Cube, 39; Courteney Cox, 44; Helen Hunt, 45; Jim Belushi, 54Happy Birthday: You can make a difference if you study hard and put what you learn into practice. It doesn’t matter at what stage of life you are, this is a year to start or complete some life goals. […]

Susan Wysocki, president and CEO of the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health, offers her comments:1. One day: Clinically speaking, menopause is only one day – the day a woman hasn’t had a period for 12 consecutive months. The time before menopause when a woman begins experiencing symptoms is called perimenopause, and the […]

DEAR ABBY: On Father’s Day many stepdads are often underappreciated or excluded, so I wrote this poem to honor these unsung heroes. I hope you’ll put it in your column, so my husband – and other stepdads everywhere – will know it was written for them. – LESLEY STITT, ONTARIO, CANADADEAR LESLEY: In these times […]

1. Unwelcome guests: The No. 1 cause of halitosis, bad breath, is oral bacteria. They often congregate on the deep surfaces of the tongue, produce a waste that is rich in sulfur compounds and create a dreadful rotten-egg smell. “Halitosis rarely comes from the digestive system,” says Dr. Ewaldo Wendler, a Miami dentist. “The cause […]

PORTLAND, Ore. – About 85 percent of more than 500 recreational cyclists involved in a Department of Kinesiology study at California State University reported one or more injuries from what doctors call “overuse.” The most common complaints involved pain in the neck, knees, groin and buttocks, hands and back.All this suffering from riding a bike?It […]

It’s your child’s first summer to go to sleep-away camp.You know that going to camp is a rite of passage. That he’ll tell camp stories for years to come. That those weeks of sleep-away camp will turn into a wonderful childhood memory.But still, you worry. He seems so young. What if he gets homesick? How […]