New Year family resolutions
FAMILY TALK
JIM PRIEST
     New Year’s Eve celebrations around the world were marked with firework displays, laughing, yelling, kissing and dancing. As I watched the news coverage I wondered, “Why are all these different cultures from around the world celebrating the same thing?” The only thing I could conclude is “hope.” Eve
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Husband’s sexual secrets suggest deeper problems
DEAR ABBY
JEANNE PHILLIPS
     DEAR ABBY: I have been married for seven years. I was looking for a document on my computer recently and found some pornography my husband had downloaded. What was most shocking was that he had done some computer artwork on some of it, and superimposed my 15-year-old niece's face onto the girl in
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HOROSCOPE
FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, JAN. 8, 2006
JACQUELINE BIGAR
     ARIES (March 21-April 19) You might be thinking of ways to make money. Perhaps getting started on your taxes could be an answer, instead of cutting your budget. Use your instincts about what might be best right now.
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Take advantage of higher IRA ‘catch-up’ limits
REECE NICHOLS
FINANCIAL FOCUS
     Now that it’s 2006, you are one year closer to retirement. Of course, if you are still in your twenties, this milestone may not mean that much to you. But if you are 50 or older, the prospect of actually becoming a retiree looms larger as the years go by. Fortunately, it’s just become a little easie
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