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GET knotted. In a couple of curt words, that's today's advice to Edinburgh's menfolk. Sales are up five per cent and Britain spent £160 million on them last year...

"In my book tour, I find that about half the people who talk with me have some direct connection to New Orleans," he says, "and the other half are teachers....

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$470 Nice room in beautiful house/Utilities included. Very nice room on 3rd floor of a beautiful owner-occupied house. In desirable Walnut Square area of Haverhill. Share with a college professional on 3rd floor. The room was fully-renovated in 2005...

Yours truly settled warmly into plush, red row W at Carnegie Hall, in a single seat at the end. I felt suspiciously glanced-at in my unaccompanied state (no, really, I have a life!) by my more elderly neighbors, and little suspected I had forgotten how K...

No wonder I couldn t tell which day it was. I slept practically through the entire weekend from Saturday afternoon through Tuesday morning...