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What kind of relief will mortgage settlement provide?

Big news, but will it make a big difference? On Feb. 9, the Justice Department announced it had struck a settlement approaching $26 billion with the major U.S. mortgage servicers.

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I have tag issues. You know, the things that hang around your

County scores high on water quality tests

The water quality lab of the Santa Clara Valley Water District late last year participated in proficiency testing managed by the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene. In the tests, the water district ranked second out of 54 participating labs nationwide, the district said in...

Like A Rock: Retired minister shares wisdom for Father’s Day

When retired pastor Earnest Brooks receives a box of rocks for Father’s Day, he’s a happy man. As he puts it, “I’m probably the only man around who gets a box of rocks for Father’s Day and appreciates them!”That’s because they’re Coquina rocks, collected on a Florida beach by Earnest’s middle daughter, Carol, along with husband, Jeff, and their daughter, Hailey, a student at the University of Denver.

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When it’s meant to be, it’s meant to be

My parents are a couple of amazing people. Separately, they’re pretty darn awesome; but mix them together and they become a perfectly balanced concoction of strength, compassion and faith - with a dash of insanity. Somehow they just work.

The Pope next door: Planning new papal pursuits

“What do you do after you finish being Pope if you aren’t dead yet?”

Red phone: Missing bells and school traffic nightmares

The bells are missing

Highlights of Hard Working Men

For me, hearing from readers is one of the most thrilling (and

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