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Emotional affair not cool for school - August 24, 2010 - Dear Amy: My husband had an emotional affair with a teacher at my child's school last year.

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Barbara Brotman

More than 60 years later, this band still swings - August 23, 2010 - Over lunch before their set, the guys in the band talked music and cracked wise.

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Julie Deardorff

The allergy mystery - July 26, 2010 - House dust mites, those microscopic insects we unwittingly sleep with every night, are among the few known causes of asthma and allergic symptoms.

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A wine for more seasons - August 17, 2010 - Shadows are growing longer and days are growing shorter, but don't for a second think summer is over — even if the kids are heading back to school. There are plenty of sultry days in store. Warm weather can extend well beyond Labor Day; just ask any New Englander about Indian summer, a San...

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Leah Eskin

The big cheese - August 20, 2010 - Lola came to visit, puffed with big-girl pride. She came with hair puffed in a poodle updo.

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Mary Ellen Podmolik

New condo project adds upside to a down market - August 20, 2010 - Monday's announcement that Lincoln Park 2520 had secured construction financing and that its development would proceed is a welcome piece of news for the local new-construction condo market.

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Mary Umberger

Online tool allows homeowners to dip toes into market waters - August 20, 2010 - You can prequalify to buy a house. Now you can "pre-list" one for sale.

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Phil Vettel

Grazing in horse country - August 24, 2010 - LEXINGTON, Ky. — Forget Louisville, Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby. This state's real hooved hot spot is Lexington, which immodestly bills itself as the "Horse Capital of the World."

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