April 30, 2009 RSS feed / Opinions

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Of all the vacation types you can take, there's one that is always the favoritest

By KIP BURKE news editor
Sitting here at my computer sunburned, sore, and smiling at the end of the weekend reminds me that vacation time is coming, and I hope you're rested up enough to handle it. More...

Work, pleasures take back seat to cell phone convenience

By LORAN SMITH columnist

An involved project with a hardand fast deadline, accompanied by countless details, led me one day recently to squeeze in a walk with a list of telephone calls to return. When I f ini shed, I realized that I had killed two birds with one stone. More...

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Book Review

The Toss of a Lemon By PADMA VISWANATHAN
Reviewed by PEGGY BARNETT

The alert reader, even if she doesn't read the jacket flap of The Toss of a Lemon, learns that Sivakami will be a widow while still very young. The family tree in the opening pages and hints by page three give that fact away. More...