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Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?

Updated: May 22, 2013 12:05am

By BETH J. HARPAZ

Associated Press

NEW YORK — It’s one thing to say tech geniuses don’t need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college...

Kalas: Love is always there

Updated: May 22, 2013 12:05am

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Potato giant places bets on biotech tubers

Updated: May 21, 2013 12:05am

By JOHN MILLER

Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho — A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high...

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Summer rolls sneak veggies into your picnic

Updated: May 21, 2013 12:05am

By SARA MOULTON

Associated Press

When it comes to packing a picnic basket, sandwiches are almost always the stars of the menu. And why not? They are easy to eat with your hands, pack...

Cocktail weather

Updated: May 21, 2013 12:05am

By J.M. HIRSCH

Associated Press

The art of the summer cocktail is something I take most seriously.

Because several years ago I realized what surely is obvious to most people… But...

Americans fired up for smoked seafood

Updated: May 21, 2013 12:05am

By CLARKE CANFIELD

Associated Press

PORTLAND, Maine — There’s no smoke and mirrors about it — Americans are eating a lot more smoked seafood than they used to.

And that demand —...

The first Brownie

Updated: May 21, 2013 12:05am

Our son Reid recently returned from a United Airlines General Manager’s meeting in Chicago and stayed at the Palmer House Hilton, the nation’s oldest hotel in continual operation, and one of the...

Angelina Jolie says she had double mastectomy

Updated: May 15, 2013 12:06am

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer...

I meant what I said and said what I meant …

Updated: May 15, 2013 12:06am

I know a businessman in a lifelong love affair with Japan. He studies and admires the culture and history. He studies the language, the customs and traditions. His relationship with Japan reminds...

The difference between cilantro, coriander

Updated: May 15, 2013 12:06am

I’ve been growing cilantro herb for a number of years, but I can’t seem to keep it around. After a short time, it goes to flower and eventually dies. I can keep tomatoes, kale, eggplant and other...

Women have more options for breast cancer surgery

Updated: May 15, 2013 12:06am

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE

Associated Press

CHICAGO — One of the world’s most glamorous women had an operation that once was terribly disfiguring — removal of both breasts. But new...

Angelina Jolie’s double mastectomy: Q&A

Updated: May 15, 2013 12:06am

By MARIA CHENG

Associated Press

Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie disclosed Tuesday that she had a preventive mastectomy after learning she had a gene mutation that significantly...

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