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Eric Benderoff

T-Mobile's phones are splashier, but not quite perfect - March 12, 2009 - T-Mobile's phone lineup is starting to sparkle. Still, some of the company's models could use more luster.

Barbara Brotman

Barbara Brotman

Rihanna, Chris Brown incident spotlights lessons on domestic violence, especially choking - March 10, 2009 - Anyone who yearned for a national conversation about domestic violence now has one.

Steve Dahl

Steve Dahl

Steve Dahl's golf camp diary - February 27, 2009 - Friday (5:16 p.m. CST): This has been an exciting week for the world of golf. First, Tiger Woods returns to the game and then Steve Dahl graduates from golf camp.

Bill Daley

Bill Daley

From wine glass to canvas, painter explores the visual meaning of terroir - March 11, 2009 - Artists over the centuries have chosen all sorts of seemingly unusual things with which to create their art, from ground-up roots, soils and foods to blood and even urine, as Andy Warhol so infamously proved.

Julie Deardorff

Julie Deardorff

Get to the source of carpal tunnel pain - March 15, 2009 - I've got carpal tunnel pain, but wrist splints and steroid injections aren't working. Is there anything else I can do short of surgery?

Eric Gwinn

Eric Gwinn

Green fast food - March 12, 2009 - Grabbing green grub on the go for St. Patrick's Day? You'll need the luck of the Irish to find it; fast-food restaurants aren't going crazy with the Irish theme. Here's some green fast food (prices and participation may vary):

Steve Johnson

Steve Johnson

Texas 'justice,' a towering change, Obama's words - March 15, 2009 - Everybody's talking about Willis as a tower comes tumbling down, metaphorically, but the week's most popular story is another chronicle of strained race relations in small-town Texas.

Julia Keller

Julia Keller

'Don't Cry' by Mary Gaitskill - March 14, 2009 - There is always a moment in a Mary Gaitskill story when you wince. And then you shrug. The wince means, "Wow, that's a pretty creepy aspect of human nature to point out," while the shrug is a way of acknowledging, "But it's true. Life's really like that, isn't it?"

Ellen Warren

Ellen Warren

How to wear animal prints - March 12, 2009 - Want to dress like an animal? Your timing is absolutely purrfect.

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