Kids get demonstration of Pop-Tart etiquette
Lori Clinch Are We There Yet?
      Yesterday there were three empty packages of macaroni and cheese on the kitchen counter. We had no drinking glasses left in the cupboard. Someone had poured himself cereal, added a load of sugar and most of it had missed the bowl. There were dinner plates on the coffee table, football cleats on the kitchen counter and a boatload of swimwear and floatation devices strewn about the abode.
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Americans share history of immigration and hope
Greg Bean Coda
      It's tough to know the exact details, because family legend sometimes takes on certain fictional properties. In other words, the family members (at least in my family) passing the legend along don't always let facts get in the way of a good story. That said, here - according to family legend - are the very abbreviated tales of how a couple of my great-grandparents came to America.
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