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Dear Annie: Artificial intelligence only making social media worse

Dear Annie: I just read a story in the newspaper about some high school boys using artificial intelligence to create nude images of girls in the same school and then posting them on social media. I also read a story earlier about something similar happening in Spain.

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The unwritten rules of today’s teen group texts

Don’t send too many messages. Don’t say anything you wouldn’t want screenshotted. If the group chat goes quiet, it might mean there’s a smaller, more exclusive group chat that you’re not a part of. If you want to post on Instagram, send the batch of photos you’re considering and let everyone weigh in on their favorites. Share your location. You might get kicked out but you could also be added back in. And don’t even bother if you have an Android.
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There’s much to choose from at local record shops on Black Friday

Every day is record store day for Taylor Swift. However, the ubiquitous pop star isn’t issuing a new release for Black Friday. That’s not music to retailers ears. However, there is a consolation, which is 200 new albums, which will drop Friday and there are an array of recently released box sets and albums.
News >  Travel

All the trimmings, none of the work: Thanksgiving in a hotel

Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away, and while many Americans will be staying at home or with family and friends, others will be checking into hotels where guests can participate in turkey trots and try Thanksgiving-themed spa treatments – all while letting someone else worry about cooking.
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Dear Annie: Getting rid of regret

Dear Annie: I’ve been married for 11 years and together with my husband for 20. Around two years ago, we began experiencing loss after loss, and our marriage seemed just OK. We lost his father and a son to suicide. It was more than we’d ever lost before.
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Ask the doctors: Parasite infection needs proper care, not fad diet

Dear Doctors: A co-worker is doing something called a parasite cleanse. She says if you have symptoms like gas, muscle aches, insomnia and feel hungry all the time, it means you have parasites. How would you get parasites, and how would you know? Does a cleanse really help?
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This week’s bestsellers from Publishers Weekly

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Nov. 11, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2023 Circana. (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2023, PWxyz LLC.) HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Iron Flame" by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) Last week: — 2. Fourth ...
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How Las Vegas transformed into an F1 racetrack

The inaugural Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix is days away, but the F1 brand already has left its mark on the city. From the air, the corridor near Harry Reid International Airport is punctuated by a massive F1 logo, a 28,000-square-foot video screen half the size of a football field and bright enough to be seen even on the sunniest desert days.
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Miss Manners: No, you needn’t give gifts to the birthday kid’s mother

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Would you be so kind to explain to me why it’s the new protocol, when invited to a child’s birthday party, that your child is expected to give the honoree’s mother a wrapped gift for giving birth 16 years ago? Now it’s two gifts that must be purchased for a birthday party – one for the mom, one for the child.
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Dear Annie: Is this normal in a marriage?

Dear Annie: My husband and I have been together six years this December, married four. We grew closer when I had a miscarriage after only a few months of dating. He stood by my side and asked my dad for my hand. He knew then he wanted to stand with me and by me.
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A Taylor Swift-themed cruise sets sail in 2024. Just don’t expect the singer to be there

A travel agency is hoping to be the latest business to capitalize on Taylormania and is selling tickets for a Taylor Swift-themed cruise. Called the In My Era Cruise, the Royal Caribbean trip is scheduled to embark from Miami on Oct. 21, a date that was intended to line up with the end of Swift's three-night stint at the city's Hard Rock Stadium during her Eras Tour.
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Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski lawsuit is soon to be the musical of the season: ‘Gwyneth Goes Skiing’

Want to watch Gwyneth Paltrow be found Gwynecent again? Paltrow's legal battle with the skiing optometrist had it all: chic court attire worn by an Oscar winner (many pieces could be found via Goop online), teary testimony filled with angst and heartbreak, an oddball attorney, a "symbolic" $1 in damages and a grueling cross-examination regarding Taylor Swift. The only things the trial lacked were show tunes and a glowing marquee, and Awkward Productions is fixing that.