Dear Abby offers happy endings from funeral farewells
Dear Abby columns recount love stories sparked by funerals and grief, with readers sharing how loss led to romance and lasting marriages. Ruth in Rock Island and Esther in Kenmore describe weddings born from memorials, while Peggi in Pennsauken and Maureen in Toronto recount personal journeys to lasting partnership after tragedy.
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Ruth
Rock Island
Ill
Abby
Esther
Kenmore
Peggi
Pennsauken
Jim
Daily Horoscope Says Leos Should Embrace Social Fun
Aries through Pisces birthdays are aligned with a fresh New Year turn. Leos should seek social joy, avoid major talks, and enjoy celebrations while flirting lightly. Friends and partners shape plans. listen, express, and balance work with fun as you navigate relationships.
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Leo
LIBRA
Scorpio
Capricorn
Aquarius
Two Can Live as Cheaply as One Bridge Lesson
North-South vulnerable, South opens two no trump and biases. South transfers to spades, shows maximum, six spades becomes a slam. Declarer tests lines by discarding, crosses to table, and lines up spade and club plays to force East to reveal the ace of clubs or king of diamonds, enabling a diamond or spade slam finish.
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North
South
West
East
Declarer
On This Day in History December 30, 2004 Highlights
Key historical events on this date include the 1903 Iroquois Theater fire in Chicago with heavy casualties, Rutherford B. Hayes marriage in 1852, the 1853 Gadsden Purchase, Sun Yat-sen's 1911 election, Lenin's 1922 proclamation of the USSR, the 1936 UAW sitdown at Flint, the 1940 Arroyo Seco Parkway opening, and monarchic regency news from 1944.
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Associated Press
Iroquois Theater
Chicago
Rutherford B. Hayes
Lucy Ware Webb
Cincinnati
United States
Mexico
Gadsden Purchase
Sun Yat-sen
Republic of China
Vladimir I. Lenin
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United Auto Workers Union
Fisher Body
Flint
Mich
California
Arroyo Seco Parkway
Los Angeles
Pasadena
George II
Greece
North Vietnam
Ohio State University
Jury frees man in murder case despite verdict
In 1998 a jury convicted Kenneth Payne of depraved indifference murder, but the state's highest court overturned the ruling, suggesting the facts fit manslaughter better. The decision, aiming to curb prosecutorial use of depraved indifference as a stand‑in for murder, effectively frees Payne.
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Chuck Shepherd
Kenneth Payne
Court of Appeals
Payne
When to Treat Crossed Eyes in Infants
Dr Donohue explains that eye misalignment is common in the first six weeks as eye muscles coordinate. By two to three months alignment typically stabilizes, allowing a diagnosis of strabismus. If unchecked, suppression from the wandering eye can cause vision loss, but treatment can succeed up to age two and beyond.
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Abigail van Buren
Pauline Phillips
P.O. Box
U.S
J.H
Yonkers
Mike
Maureen
Toronto
Jacqueline Bigar
Aries
Taurus
Gemini
VIRGO
Helgenberger
Palatine Hill
Farrell
Odessa
America
Central
Springfield Site
Missile Shelter
Coup McBride
Garfield
Edna
Oscar Everage
Maggie
Trygve of
M. Fame
Henri Arnold
Mike Argirion
Ridly
Hoynul
Carta
Tomo
Cryptoquip
Paul Donohue
Donohue
Orlando
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