When fan turns to soaps, she tunes out the world
DEAR ABBY
JEANNE PHILLIPS
     DEAR ABBY: My wife, "Myra," and I have been married more than 50 years, and all she does is watch soap operas every afternoon. I have invited her to lunch and other outings only to be told, "OK, but I gotta be home by noon to watch my shows."
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Tiny rectal tear causes great pain
YOUR HEALTH
DR. DONOHUE
     DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Last week at the doctor%27s office, I talked to the gentleman next to me in the waiting room. The topic was my problem -a rectal fissure. He said he knew several people with the same problem. He said no one talks about this problem, and there must be treatments other than hemorrhoi
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HOROSCOPE
FORECAST FOR SATURDAY, DEC. 3, 2005
JACQUELINE BIGAR
     ARIES (March 21-April 19) You are high-energy. You get past a problem that has been holding you back. You are in a cycle in which you will get ahead if you flow with different situations.
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