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Brides personalize weddings with handmade bouquets
When Carol Ann Vivrette was planning her wedding four years ago, her fiance encouraged her to bring her crafty nature to the day. Hundreds of hours and yards of yarn later, she had knit and felted ...
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Associated Press Jodi R.R. Smith holds a pitcher she and her husband received as a surprise wedding gift on March 15 in her home in Marblehead, Mass. The pitcher was not listed on Smith's wedding registry, but over the years, she has come to love it. Smith, an etiquette expert, says it's perfectly acceptable to give a wedding gift that's not registered.
Surprise wedding gifts? You might just love them
NEW YORK — As a young bride-to-be, it never occurred to Jodi R.R. Smith to put a pitcher on her wedding registry. But one turned up unsolicited amid the other gifts. “At the time I thought it...
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Associated Press A poster depicting South Carolina's declaration of independence is displayed Friday in the Fort Sumter tour boat dock facility in Charleston, S.C. Visitation to the fort where the Civil War began reached a record 328,000 people during 2011 and visitation for the first three months of this year is again up over last year.
Visitation hits record level where Civil War began
CHARLESTON, S.C. — One of America’s most famous historic sites has again made history as a record 328,000 visitors took the tour boat last year to Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor to see where the ...
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Colorblocking makes bold statement
NEW YORK — Most of us can pair one bold color with another — it just takes a little confidence. But colorblocking, that’s more of an art, and it’s one to be mastered this spring season. The high...
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Associated Press Robert Verdahl gives Jasper a command at their home on March 29 in Santa Clara, Calif.
Dog Scouts of America have troops in 22 states
LOS ANGELES — They’ve got badges and campouts, cookie drives and troops in 22 states. The Dog Scouts of America even has a motto or two as the half-human, half-hound organization goes about the bus...
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5-year-old’s pup can detect diabetes ups and downs
CLEAR BROOK, Va. — Five-year-old Will Rimmel adores the new puppy he got last month. Just 17 weeks old, the black Labrador retriever loves to play catch with Will or rest quietly and chew a ball...
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Births
Wright — Devon Charles Wright, son of Steven and Amy (Travelstead) Wright of Paducah, Feb. 23, Western Baptist Hospital. Grandparents are David and Teresa Travelstead of Ledbetter, and Richard and ...
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Associated Press A crew with J. Daniel Marine works to squeeze a boat underneath the I-24 overpass near Shellmound, Tenn., on March 19 as they move a 44-ton trawler boat from Sewanee, Tenn., to a nearby marina. The boat was built by Sewanee professor Tim Keith-Lucas over the course of the last 11 years, and he plans to sail down the Tennessee River with his wife to their retirement in Florida.
Professor builds boat atop Monteagle
SEWANEE, Tenn. — Tim Keith-Lucas is the type of person who always has a Plan B. He’s the type of person whose plan for a black-tie dinner for 600 includes a blueprint of where every table is goi...
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Foals are a sure sign of spring
PARIS — Forget daffodils or robins: In Central Kentucky, the true sign of spring is a pasture full of fuzzy foals. It’s March, and Adena Springs, the leading Thoroughbred breeding farm nine year...
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Associated Press Actress Helen Mirren arrives at the taping of "TV Land Presents: AFI Life Achievement Award Honoring Morgan Freeman" on June 9 in Culver City, Calif.
Gray hair’s in fashion, but what about at work?
NEW YORK — Jeanne Thompson began going gray at 23. She colored her hair for years as she worked her way into management at a large Boston-area financial services company, then gave up the dye for g...
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