Dear Abby Advice on Time, Boundaries and Family Life
A reader asks if a husband blocking a wife’s weekend visit with a friend is fair. Abby suggests the husband lacks outside interests and that the family would benefit from shared quality time. Additional letters address dinner-hour boundaries and accepting visitors, plus a nostalgic memoir about family.
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Structural problems traced before church wall collapse
In Memphis the New Greater Hyde Park Missionary Baptist Church faced state orders two years earlier to fix structural issues after inspectors cited damaged bricks and unsafe walls. A contractor left unfinished roof work and the north wall collapsed Sunday, killing the pastor's wife and three relatives and injuring others.
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Politicians criticized for shallow appeal to Hispanic voters
A report to be released at the National Council of La Raza conference says politicians court Hispanics with Spanish speeches and restaurant visits but ignore substantive policy. It notes Hispanics total 35.3 million in the U S, 7.6 million registered, yet 79 percent voted in 2000.
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White House
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