HOUSEHOLD HINTS Hints can help a lost dog get home
King Features Syndicate Dear Readers: What should you do if you FIND A LOST DOG?
Nothing? Take it in? Call the pound? If you do encounter a "lost" dog, carefully approach the animal; a scared dog |
Underground youth culture keeps low profile in Gaza Strip
In back rooms and refugee camps across this impoverished territory, young men are rapping over hip hop beats, flipping over metal bars and spinning on their heads to funky dance music -not the preferr |
ARTS CRITIC Ramona is sweet, gentle and soft
Beverly Cleary, one of the best-read authors of novels with child characters, is in her nineties now, so the release of the new movie "Ramona and Beezus" is something like a victory lap for her. The b |
Gabourey Sidibe keeps the magic going in TV series
Gabourey Sidibe (GA'-buh-ray SIH'-dee-bay) is pinching herself over her unexpected life, which includes an Oscar nomination and a new TV series. At a meeting Thursday of the Television Critics Asso |
Keep your owner's manuals handy
Dear Heloise: Being a (now retired) military family, we always have kept a computer inventory and backup file, by room, with digital photos and a scanned copy of the purchase price and date of all of |
Airline fares are rising
-If you think air
fares have been rising, it's not your imagination. Figures just released from the government, while a bit dated, show that airline prices in the first three months of this year |
Survivors of an earlier era: 11 beloved trolley parks
NEW YORK -Before Disneyland and Six Flags, before steel coasters went 50 mph and rides were named for cartoons, movies and superheroes, there were trolley parks. The parks were built by trolley co |
ARTS CRITIC
Jolie seems too remote, removed for `Salt' role
Supposedly the new Kurt Wimmer screenplay (revised by Brian Helgeland) called "Salt" was intended as the beginning of a Tom Cruise spy series. But as it was made by Philip Noyce, the movie actually st |
Rare photos of Earhart in Hawaii on display
Amelia
Earhart has returned to The Royal Hawaiian. The historic Waikiki hotel is hosting an exhibition of rarely seen photographs taken of the pioneering aviator when she visited Hawaii and stay |
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Peking Roast from Heloise's mom
Dear Readers: Nancy from Fredericksburg, Va., recently sent me a yellowed newspaper clipping of a RECIPE my mother, the original Heloise, printed in 1962. Boy, did it bring back some memories for me o |
Knoebels amusement resort a ride back in time
You'd forgotten the feeling until you slid down into the steel bumper cars, fastening the safety strap against your waist. You'd forgotten the pure joy of amusement parks -too consumed in adulthood |
`Inception' top film
LOS ANGELES -Leonardo DiCaprio's ``Inception'' has won a battle of superstar action thrillers over Angelina Jolie's ``Salt'' at the weekend box office. Estimated ticket sales for Fri |
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
A gift card that keeps on giving
Dear Heloise: You printed comments concerning GIFT CARDS, and one person said that the money goes to waste because he uses $23 of a $25 gift card and doesn't go back. The solution to this is if you ha |
Ex-actress remembers her days on `Munsters'
Pat Hansing was 27 when she received the call that launched her Hollywood career. ``I tested for the part on a Wednesday, they called me on Thursday, I signed the contracts on a Friday and started |
There's no shortage of books on Gulf oil spill
Any readers clamoring to relive the oil-darkened spring of 2010 will have plenty of opportunity. Publishers have bought at least six books relating to the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling r |
More plants, less mowing
In an established neighborhood in Silver Spring, Md., Carole Galati had problems with storm water gushing onto her property as it raced down her street to nearby Sligo Creek. At first, she placed bloc |
Hints help battle battery corrosion
King Features Syndicate Dear Heloise: Several years ago, you printed a recipe that removed BATTERY CORROSION. Could you reprint that? -Holly, Hagerstown, Md. Holly, I'm happy to print this money- |
The Hits
This week's top audio hits as surveyed by Billboard Magazine.
Weekly charts for the nation's best-selling recorded music as they appear in next week's issue of Billboard magazine. Reprinted with per |
More help in finding a vet
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Dear Heloise: Your list of questions to ask when FINDING A VETERINARIAN was very helpful. When moving from the Northeast to San Antonio recently, I found myself in this very position.
Here are some |
Chicago's architectural treasures impressive from the river
Catherine
O'Leary's much-maligned cow may be innocent. For many years, the cow was blamed for starting the Great Chicago Fire on Oct. 8, 1871, by kicking over a lantern. The fire killed 300, |
