CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Avril Lavigne, 31; Gwyneth Paltrow, 43; Tamara Taylor, 45; Meat Loaf, 68. Happy Birthday: Stick up for your rights and don’t put up with people who are demanding or trying to push you in a direction in which you don’t want to go. Use your intelligence to outmaneuver anyone trying […]
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Woman wants to disconnect from friend
DEAR ABBY: I’m a woman who has always had trouble with women friends who like to call and chat. It has never really been my thing. One of them never asks if I’m busy; she just plunges into a conversation that usually lasts an hour. I never call her. If she asks me to return […]
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Teen without a plan has trouble finding direction
DEAR ABBY: I’m 18 and live with my boyfriend, “Austin,” at his parents’ house because, frankly, my mom is too much for me to handle. I graduated from high school with no plan for anything afterward. I was going to follow Austin to the school of his choice, but then he changed his mind about […]
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Pisces: Stick with what you know
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Christina Milian, 34; Serena Williams, 34; Jim Caviezel, 47; Olivia Newton-John, 67. Happy Birthday: Accept the inevitable, roll with the punches and do your best to enjoy the ride, and you will realize that the path of least resistance is the one to take. If you keep life simple, live […]
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Sagiattarius: Listen and watch for signals
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Catherine Zeta-Jones, 46; Will Smith, 47; Heather Locklear, 54; Michael Douglas, 71. Happy Birthday: You’ll be able to make things happen this year if you are sincere, innovative and willing to present and promote what you have to offer. Get rid of any doubts that might push you to procrastinate, […]
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Ferritin level concerns one doctor, not another
DEAR DR. ROACH: What’s the best advice when one doctor seems more concerned about something than another? I am a 49-year-old woman who doesn’t smoke, is relatively healthy and who weighs about 150 pounds. I have had celiac disease since 2009 and hypothyroidism. I tend to run on the low end of normal with my […]
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Two heads are no better than one at grocery store checkout
DEAR ABBY: There are no words to express how disappointed I am at the education kids receive now and still graduate with “honors.” I was at the grocery store a short time ago. Two young ladies working there just completed their freshman year at the local college. One of them had been on the honor […]
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Aquarius: Celebrate with someone you love
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Spencer Treat Clark, 28; Erin Chambers, 36; Nia Vardalos, 53; Kevin Sorbo, 57. Happy Birthday: Being there for others or helping a worthy cause will help push you forward in other areas of your life. Your sympathetic nature and desire to find peaceful ways to get what you want will […]
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With many opinions, whose do you trust?
DEAR DR. ROACH: I was diagnosed with endometrial cancer about seven weeks ago. I had a complete hysterectomy four weeks ago. The pathology report came back as “Stage 1, Grade 3, size 4.5 cm undifferentiated carcinoma with myoinvasion of under 50 percent, clear lymph nodes and margins.” My case was discussed at a tumor board, […]
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Birth mom is not out of options for repaying daughter’s loan
DEAR ABBY: Your advice to “Poor Birth Mother in Georgia” on June 12 — “Because the college loan agreement with your daughter was verbal and wasn’t put in writing, you don’t have a legal means to force her to assume the loan payments” — was wrong! Verbal agreements are enforced if they can be proven […]