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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have two friends I see frequently, but they rarely see each other. When we all get together, inevitably one will start telling the other a story I have heard many times. Then the other will tell HER a story with which I am very familiar.

A seal waddled into a bar – and ordered a drink on the rocks.

OnlyFans star Bonnie Blue — famous for claiming to have slept with more than 1,000 men in 12 hours as part of a viral stunt earlier this year — has been arrested in Bali alongside over a dozen men for allegedly violating Indonesia’s “morality” laws. The 26-year-old British content creator, real name Tia Billinger, remains in custody in Kuta, as does a 28-year-old Australian male and a pair of ...

Dear Doctors: My husband is 74 and has congestive heart failure. He has what look like burns on his left leg. There is a lot of swelling, and his leg is leaking blood and fluid. He sees a cardiologist and has been told he should see a vascular surgeon. Why a surgeon? How would that help?

Dear Annie: I have a good friend “Amy,” who is a great lady. We’ve known each other for about 15 years, but we reconnected about two years ago and started attending events together, including dinners that range from casual to fine dining. We’re both in our late 40s and single. She’s a mom of three almost-grown adults who she raised without her ex-husband present, including financially. I have a lot of respect for her.

As 2025’s cultural retrospectives begin to trickle in (read: Spotify Wrapped or Oxford’s word of the year), Pantone is not to be outdone.

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the Japanese American actor whose powerful glare and graceful menace made him a fixture of action films for more than four decades, has died at 75.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I received an invitation for a work-sponsored event. The invitation states: “To help us minimize our environmental footprint and make cleanup easier, we kindly ask that you bring your own silverware, plate and beverage container.”

Dead or alive, he's coming to Eastern Market. OK, technically, the approximately 11-foot-tall bronze sculpture of RoboCop is neither dead nor alive. And technically, it's not coming to Detroit's Eastern Market area — it's already there.

Dear Doctors: Any advice on controlling chiggers? When I work in the yard, they eat me alive unless I wear long pants. My wife does not garden and is rarely bitten. My son worked with me last weekend and said they don’t bother him. Why not? When we took a walk later, I got bitten again.

Dear Annie: My sister, “Ellen,” has an extensive history of being the victim of sexual abuse, which has caused her a lot of trauma. I’m so proud of all the work she has done to process and work through much of this. However, she tends to have very skewed and strong views on most things. We often see situations, past and present, in almost completely opposite ways. Sometimes this has caused friction between us when one or both of us get offended about the other’s opposite viewpoints, but usually we are able to navigate things.

Once again, it’s time to festoon ourselves with garlands, fire up the twinkle lights and examine the very special cinematic universe that is Netflix Christmas movies.

1 Millwood WinterFest 2025 – Features local vendors, treats, live entertainment and community spirit as Millwood shines bright for the holidays. 4-7 p.m. Friday. 3301 N. Argonne Road, Millwood. Admission: Free.

With the recently rebranded Classics Northwest hosting their first set of official performances this weekend, it seems as if Zuill Bailey’s entire career has come full circle – one that will feature the legendary Juilliard String Quartet in their newest chapter as well.

As a regular panelist on NPR’s “Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me!,” comedian Paula Poundstone is used to answering question after question about events from that week’s news.