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HINTS FROM HELOISE: Put leftover pie dough to tasty use

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DEAR HELOISE: A simple way to use up leftover pie dough is to just take the odd-shaped pieces, lay them on an ungreased cookie sheet, and sprinkle them with cinnamon and sugar. Place them in an oven along with the pie and bake until they’re lightly browned, or for about 5 minutes. They make a quick and tasty snack. — Marlene K., in Regent, North Dakota DEAR HELOISE: For catching food grease, I take an empty glass jar with a wide mouth and put the grease in there with a spoon. If the grease is hot, it could melt plastic, so I have a glass jelly jar that I bought. A pickle or ...

DEAR ANNIE: Love runs deep in the shared little moments

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DEAR ANNIE: In response to all the working mothers who are weighed down by guilt, I’d like to share my experience. I am 75 years old, and when I was growing up, my mother worked from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. I usually came home from school around 3:30 or 4, and my memories of that time are nothing but warm. Before leaving for work, my mother made dinner for my father to heat up later. She ate her own dinner at 4, and I would sit at the table with her and tell her about my day. She always gave me one bite from her plate while we talked, and somehow that small ritual has stayed with me ...

Pills vs shots: The best option for losing weight

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Q. What is a good, reliable pill for losing weight? A. The landscape for weight loss has shifted dramatically in the last several years. The buzz around self-injected semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) for Type 2 diabetes and obesity demonstrated a highly effective strategy for weight loss utilizing the GLP-1 agonist pathway. There are now two GLP-1 prescription pills that can help people shed pounds. Wegovy is available as a weekly injection or a daily pill. The oral form of this medication must be taken with 4 ounces of water at least 30 minutes before eating food or drinking other ...

How to help your children make friends at a new school

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For students starting at a new school, the first day holds many questions: Will they see any familiar faces? Who will they sit with at lunch? Who will they play with at recess? “I’m this much nervous,” said Iman Fair-Seldon, 5, holding her hands about 4 inches apart. Iman will start ...

Bridge by Steve Becker

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You don’t have to be a great mathematician to be a good declarer (or defender). All you need is the ability to count to 13. Consider this deal where West leads the Q-J of hearts, which South allows to hold, and then shifts to a low spade. It is certainly reasonable for declarer to conclude at this stage that West started with exactly two hearts. South wins East’s jack of spades with the ace and plays a diamond to the queen. East takes the ace and returns a heart to declarer’s ace, on which West discards a spade. When South next leads a diamond to the king, West discards a ...