Family makes even hardest Christmases rich and rewarding 
A storm of driving rain and howling wind always takes me back to childhood Christmases. We seldom had holiday snow in the Portland area, but we had storms, the kind where rain beat on the windows, and the moaning wind made me feel cozy and safe.
Source: www.yakima-herald.com

Publishing: Ian McEwan denies claim that he copied from another writer 
In a literary imbroglio McEwan has been accused in newspaper articles of copying phrases and sentences for his best-selling novel “Atonement” in 2001 from a memoir published in 1977 by Lucilla Andrews, a former nurse and an acclaimed writer of romantic novels.
Source: www.iht.com

Castor oil: Folk remedy or cure for all your ills - The Clarion-Ledger 
Castor oil: Folk remedy or cure for all your ills Stuffy noses paired with crackled coughs in kids always means a trip down the cold-medicine aisle for me.
Source: www.clarionledger.com

Locker Rooms Ripe for Breeding Harmful Bacteria 
Wet towels, dirty clothes, kids that don’t wash their hands — usually, you find all of these in locker rooms. Where, by the way, you also find bacteria. P-U. Here’s how to help make sure you don’t get caught spreading germs that can harm.
Source: www.wtol.com