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Review: Book recalls '64 coast-to-coast adventure in a bus

Review: Book recalls '64 coast-to-coast adventure in a bus

“Cronies” by Ken Babbs (Tsunami Press) Author Ken Kesey, flush with cash from the publication of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” filled an aging, broken-down school bus with friends in 1964 and led them on a drug-fueled drive across America, later
Money on the table: child credit $ available via tax returns

Money on the table: child credit $ available via tax returns

The Biden administration wants families with children to know that there is roughly $193 billion waiting for them — all they need to do is file their taxes to claim it.
When to start planting seeds indoors? Check your frost date

When to start planting seeds indoors? Check your frost date

February marks the midpoint of winter, and with spring just over the horizon, many gardeners are dreaming of sunny days and dirty fingernails.
Millennial Money: Watch for debt collectors, scams on social

Millennial Money: Watch for debt collectors, scams on social

Social media is where you watch cooking videos, gaze at photos of dreamy travel destinations and doomscroll through endless news headlines. Now, sites like Instagram, Facebook and Twitter could also be where debt collectors slide into your DMs.
‘Dune’ director out, KStew in and more Oscars surprises

‘Dune’ director out, KStew in and more Oscars surprises

The 94th Oscar nominations were full of surprises in both satisfying and disappointing ways, but when there are only five nominees in most categories, it's almost guaranteed that a few favorites will miss the cut.
Dutch government names commissioner to tackle #MeToo issues

Dutch government names commissioner to tackle #MeToo issues

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government appointed a commissioner Tuesday to tackle sexual abuse and intimidation, after recent high-profile #MeToo cases shocked the European Union nation.
31M Americans to bet on Super Bowl, gambling group estimates

31M Americans to bet on Super Bowl, gambling group estimates

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A record 31.5 million Americans plan to bet on this year's Super Bowl, according to estimates released Tuesday by the gambling industry's national trade group. The American Gaming Association forecasts that over $7.
Review: Birdsong offers 3 powerful portraits of womanhood

Review: Birdsong offers 3 powerful portraits of womanhood

“Nobody’s Magic” by Destiny O. Birdsong (Grand Central Publishing) Destiny O. Birdsong’s "Nobody’s Magic" tells three separate stories, each centering on a Black albino woman living in Shreveport, Louisiana.

CP NewsAlert: Canada's Villeneuve nominated for Oscar for adapting 'Dune'

Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve has snagged an Oscar nomination for adapting the sci-fi epic "Dune." More coming. The Canadian Press
Conductor Simon Rattle receives Germany's highest honor

Conductor Simon Rattle receives Germany's highest honor

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's president on Tuesday bestowed the country's highest honor on British conductor Simon Rattle, the former head of the Berlin Philharmonic who is set to take a new job in Munich next year.
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