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Weekend of November 7-9, 2014

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PONDERABLE

"A book gives knowledge, but it is life that gives understanding."

--- Jewish saying

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[ T O P S T O R I E S ]

Thought
Alternative reality: Why we misunderstand faith
By Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein

South Africa's Chief Rabbi on what religion is not, though for many it has become

Deceptively simple language; PROFOUND concepts

Reality Check
Terror (De)central: How to stop the jihadis before they win
By Caroline B. Glick

Yes, the terrorists' battle plan has changed. Indeed, it appears to be working

Smile!
Everything's Realative

By Jordan "Gorf" Gorfinkel

Deep Meaningful Conversation: A generational divide

Save/Improve Your Marriage
Change your spouse with 4 simple techniques
By Wendy Jessen

Don't think of this as manipulation

Smart Living
When One Spouse Retires Before the Other
By Jane Bennett Clark

What a couple must do now to prevent their lives from spiraling out of control

Consumer Intelligence
Best and Worst Buys of November 2014
By Cameron Huddleston

You'll find cookware, computers, televisions, toys and more on sale this month

Gezunt/ On Health
How Time Of Day Influences Cancer Test Results
By Susan Scutti

Read this BEFORE checking for serious diseases

Prevention
Since Tamiflu Is (Apparently) Not Working, Here Are Some Natural Flu Remedies Instead
By Justin Caba

What your doctor may not tell you

Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Joseph Erdos

Potent and aromatic, this soup is a sumptuous symphony of sweet, savory and spicy

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[ W O R T H 1 0 0 0 W O R D S ]

• Archie
• Dilbert
• Ripleys Believe It Or Not!
• Andy Capp
• Bliss
• The Born Loser
• Frank & Ernest
• The Grizzwells
• Herman
• Moderately Confused
• One Big Happy
• Prickly City
• Shoe
• The Wizard of Id

• Eric Allie
• Robert Arial
• Lisa Benson
• Cameron Cardow
• John Deering
• Glenn Foden
• Bob Gorrell
• David Hitch
• Taylor Jones
• Steve Kelley
• Rick McKee
• Drew Sheneman
• Scott Stantis
• Dana Summers
• Gary Varvel
• Larry Wright
• Adam Zyglis
• Michael Ramirez

[ L I F E S T Y L E S ]

• Tech Q&A: Why your PC can't find your e-mail; Outlook-compatible apps for iPhones and iPads

Ask Doctor K by Anthony L. Komaroff, M.D.: Use precautions when taking acetaminophen

Bruce Williams on JWR: Marketplace is still a smart bet for retirement savings; rent rule of thumb

Marilyn Penn: Disgraced --- Misplaced Pulitzer

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen: When did we fall through the looking glass?

[ T O D A Y I N H I S T O R Y ]

On this day in . . .

• 1665, The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published

• 1805, the Lewis and Clark Expedition arrived at the Pacific Ocean

• 1861, former U.S. President John Tyler was elected to the Confederate House of Representatives (However, Tyler died before he could take his seat)

• 1874, a cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party

• 1910, the first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse

• 1916, Jeannette Rankin, A REPUBLICAN, is the first woman elected to the United States Congress

• 1917 - The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace

• 1919, the first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in twenty-three different U.S. cities

• 1929, in New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public

• 1941, during World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking

• 1962, Richard Nixon, having lost California's gubernatorial race, held what he called his "last press conference," telling reporters, "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore."

• 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

• 1973, Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval

• 1983, a bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No people are harmed, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused

• 1987, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Douglas Ginsburg withdrew his 9-day-old candidacy following criticism of his judicial ethics and his disclosure that he had used marijuana

• 1991, Magic Johnson announces that he is infected with HIV and retires from the NBA

• 1994, WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides the world's first internet radio broadcast

• 2000, in one of the closest U.S. presidential elections, Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore wound up in almost a dead heat with Bush declared the winner more than a month later following turmoil over the disputed Florida vote that ultimately involved the U.S. Supreme Court

• 2001, the Bush administration targeted Osama bin Laden's multi million-dollar financial networks, closing businesses in four states, detaining U.S. suspects and urging allies to help choke off money supplies in 40 nations. ALSO: At the White House, President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair confidently offered back-to-back pledges of victory, no matter how long it took

• 2011, a Los Angeles jury found Dr. Conrad Murray guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 death of pop star Michael Jackson. Murray, sentenced to four years in prison, was accused of causing the singer's death by giving him anesthesia and sedatives to help him sleep and then failing to come to his aid when he was in distress. (Murray was released after two years.)

• 2013, seeking to calm a growing furor, President Barack Obama told NBC News he was "sorry" Americans were losing health insurance plans that he repeatedly had said they could keep under his health care law, but he stopped short of apologizing for making those promises in the first place. ALSO: The U.S.Food and Drug Administration said companies that produce food would be required to gradually phase out trans fats, a major contributor to heart disease. FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said getting artery-clogging trans fats -- used to increase shelf life and improve taste and texture -- out of the food supply could potentially prevent 20,000 heart attacks and thousands of deaths each year.

[ I N S I G H T ]