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Patriots and Dirty Birds: An early look at Super Bowl 51

Getting an early look at Super Bowl 51, there are many reasons to root for both teams in…

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Pro-life progress, bit by incremental bit

Forty-year-old software engineer Vanessa MacDougal spends most weekdays behind a desk in an Austin, Texas, office. On Jan.…

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Despite playoff loss Sunday, it’s only the beginning for Dak Prescott

It takes a special player to come back from being down 18 points in your first NFL playoff…

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Collaborative recruiting foster parents

A Mississippi collaborative is trying to solve one of the state’s most pressing problems — there aren’t enough…

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Waiting on snow

We waited, staring out the window begging the snow to fall. The clouds were there. The cold air…

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What’s in a name?

I’ve been called a lot of things through the years, but lately “liberal” has been the moniker I…

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Year-end assessment will prepare you for 2017

The end of the year is time for evaluations, performance appraisals and assessments.  Most big companies have a…

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Be careful what you wish for this Christmas

My mom likes to tell of Depression-era years when her Christmas hopes maxed out at an orange or…

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World is broken even during Christmas

The images out of Aleppo are simply heartbreaking. Bombed out neighborhoods. Fleeing civilians dragging suitcases. Injured and dead…

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Why I almost had a meltdown at the post office

To the nice lady with the new hairdo who witnessed my near meltdown at the post office a…