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FAMILY HELPLINE: Gift ideas are suggestions, not orders

My 3-year-old's birthday is approaching. Friends and relatives will ask what to get her and then ignore my suggestions. Is there any way to get them to cooperate rather than to buy things that aren't suitable?

Health & Fitness

WEIL: Pet ownership is no panacea

I always thought that having pets was associated with good health, but I recently heard that just the opposite is true. Which is right?

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Fitness Challenge

RYCKMAN: Trimming the waist

Let me be very clear: Everybody won in our women-versus-men Rocky Fitness Challenge.

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Fashion

Steamy style

We were looking for a few good sports to spotlight the latest in men's fashion for spring, and, boy, did we find them.

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Food

'Pickle Show' has a recipe for keeping it kosher

Rabbi Mendy Margolin wants to put the kosher back in kosher pickles, one congregation at a time.

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Home & Garden

No more Dust Bowls

It sounds strange, but sometimes popularity isn't such a good thing. For instance, answer this: What do the Irish potato famine and the Dust Bowl of the 1930s have in common? You guessed it: They were the results of monocultures.

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Gardening

Lawn logo roots for Rockies

Carve your lawn with the Colorado Rockies logo to show your support of the National League champs. Getting your grass to look like Coors Field can be easy - grass lying flat and pointing away from the viewer looks light in color, while grass standing up and leaning slightly toward the viewer looks dark.

Columns & Blogs

MEITUS: Student chefs dig into their field

Joan Brett has no interest in buying raspberries out of season. The cost is too high - and she's not talking about the price at the store. She's referring to the environmental impact of bringing in those berries from places like Chile.

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