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I hope you share your photos of Victoria's parade
By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
I had no idea the Holiday Parade was so big and so well-attended. My family and I enjoyed tremendously our first taste of December in Victoria. I expected the size of the parade and the crowd to be similar to ...
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Trying to find planets, constellations and other stellar gems in the busy night sky can be intimidating at times for the amateur. Fortunately, through the wonders of the Internet, there is help available. Several Web sites offer free ...
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By LAHightower in Community Conversation
Ever have a day when you just want to poop-out a bit and fix something that doesn't require a mountain of effort? I've found that it helps to take a night off once a week or so. This is my family's ...
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By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Even if you haven't caught any of the CNN/YouTube presidential debates, the image of the snowman asking Democratic nominees about global warming is guaranteed to be a pop culture fixture for many years to come. Whether you think it trivialized ...
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Gift giving doesn't always have to break the bank
By AllisonMiles in Business Notebook
I'm not sure about the rest of you out there, but when the holiday season rolls around for me, it means a little stricter budget, fewer meals out and renting movies instead of a trip to the theater. Newsflash for ...
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Don't expect to see many bouts this winter of rainy cold spells like the one over the Thanksgiving weekend. The government's final winter weather outlook is out and forecasters are still calling for it to be drier and ...
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By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog
... but I find his work exciting and full of possibilities. Mr. Ortolon posted a simple story and two photos about Edna honoring one of its own. Our new Web site is all about trying to combine the efforts of ...
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By AprillBrandon in Pop Goes the Culture
Remember the chubby adolescent sitting at his computer desk, dancing his little heart out to some weird German song? (Oh, come on people, it was only back in 2004). Commonly referred to as the Numa Numa Dance, the homemade video ...
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By AllisonMiles in Business Notebook
To this day, I still wonder: how do we know no two snowflakes are alike? It seems sort of absurd to assume that no snowflake has its carbon copy twin floating gracefully to ground somewhere in the world. I mean, how ...
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By BeckyCooper in The Daily Commute
It was so nice to drive to work this morning with the sun shining in on me and warming up the coolness of the morning air. Made it a little bit easier to head back to work after the long holiday weekend. Really glad ...