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‘God bless you’ originated during time of plague Ask Dr. H Mitchell Hecht

Q: Is it true that the reason why people say “God bless you” after someone sneezes is that the heart stops beating?

Taste

A bisque that beats winter blues CHEF’s CORNER TOM SKUDALSKI

Vanderlyn’s Restaurant: As Lent begins and the winter season is upon us, warmth and meatless are two operative words. A nice, warm bowl of soup is the perfect way to achieve ...

Life

HBO show sparks edgy new hairstyle

If the twentysomething guy from the mailroom, your local waiter and hipster music moguls all seem to be sporting the same haircut — trimmed buzz-cut short on the sides, left long o ...

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‘Little Women’ packs a big punch centuries later

Way back in the 19th century, author Louisa May Alcott created a plucky tomboy named Jo March who became a heroine to generations of young readers.

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Minister’s message a motorcycle metaphor

When the Rev. Dr. Robert R. Kopp was a youth, before he became a reverend or earned his Ph.D., he set off on his “little shiny red Honda 350” for a trip from Wyoming Valley to Main ...

Sandra Snyder

Have dreams? Hop aboard the new crazy train SANDRA SNYDER WALL TO WALL

Watch out, Facebook and Twitter. Some serious competition has arrived. Kids today have found an entirely different, somewhat offbeat kind of diversion out there in cyberspace, and ...

Tom Mooney

Take a trip down comic book lane Tom Mooney Remember when