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Deadbeat Boyfriend Must Be Cut Off

Dear Annie: I have been with a man off and on for seven years. He is my best friend, and I can't live without him. A few years ago, he stole my stimulus check of $1,200, and he brought other women home, claiming he was only doing business with them. He doesn't have a job. I'm paying all the ...

Planting flowers as a remembrance

Dear Heloise: I'm loving all the ideas that you are receiving about flowers and funerals. I just wanted to give you another idea: A dear friend of my mother's sent a planter of bulbs for my mother's funeral this past February. The flowers were beautiful and bright at that time of year, and ...

Mass in kidney turns out to be an oncocytoma

DEAR DR. ROACH: I had a routine ultrasound to check my kidneys because my father (who is 80) has kidney disease, and his urologist said that it is genetic and that my sister and I should get a baseline screening. I am 50. My doctor called me the following morning saying that there was an ...

Don’t rule out a career too soon

Dear Annie: Kids today are pushed too early to make career decisions. The first two years of college are a good time to take different courses to see where one's interest lies. A major can easily be declared as a junior, and ample credits can be accumulated in that discipline in the last ...

Tucking in the front of shirts

Dear Heloise: Recently, someone asked why someone would just tuck the front of their shirt into their pants. This is done to show off the belt buckle. A belt buckle can be a fine piece of jewelry, so one shouldn't have it covered up by an untucked shirt. But one might not like having their ...

Briefs for Monday, Jan. 12, 2026

Train group to meet GLADSTONE — The Gladstone Michigan Soo Line Steam Engine No. 730 Authority will have its regular monthly meeting at 4:30 p.m. today at Solid Rock Church, 819 Delta Ave. They will discuss the annual golf tournament fundraiser, scheduled for May 28 at the Escanaba Country Club. For more details about the group's efforts to maintain Soo Line history, call John Pickard at 906-241-0888. Local Parkinson support group ESCANABA — The Michigan Parkinson Foundation support group for Escanaba and the surrounding areas meets at 1 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month. The ...