Timing and content of pregame meal are important
YOUR HEALTH DR. DONOHUE
      DEAR DR. DONOHUE: When and what should someone eat before he or she plays a major game or has a long practice? I have three children, two boys and one girl. All are on athletic teams, and all play different sports. Their games and practices are never at the same time of day. I have no idea what to serve them before a game or practice, or when to serve it. What is best?
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HOROSCOPE
FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2009
JACQUELINE BIGAR
      ARIES (March 21-April 19) Though you are up for a lazy day, a project or person keeps floating past in your mind. Answer your thoughts, as they could be preventing you from really relaxing. Deal with the mental chatter. Tonight: Get a head start on Monday. This Week: Be picky. Encourage yourself to look at details, even more so than usual.
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The power of touch
MINISTER'S MOMENT CHARLOTTE AUSTIN
      A man with leprosy came to [Jesus] and begged him on his knees, "If you are willing, you can make me clean." Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. "Be clean!
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Baffled husband tip-toes around new wife's moods
DEAR ABBY JEANNE PHILLIPS
      DEAR ABBY: "Charlotte" and I dated happily for six years before we married. Now, after only a few months, she finds almost everything about me wrong. For example, I offered to trim her toenails, not because I thought they looked bad but because I thought she might appreciate it. She became upset with me and accused me of criticizing her appearance.
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