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PeopleTalk: Vietnam vet still answers call to serve

Updated: 11/07/09 3:20 PM
Vietnam veteran Alwin "Butch" O'Donnell enlisted in the U.S. Army at 18, serving in the infantry from 1969 to '71. The burly South Buffalo native achieved the rank of first sergeant before joining the Army National Guard.

Current: Cowl necks, sequins and aviator styles fly for fall

Updated: 11/05/09 3:15 PM
Draped in style

A museum to salute WWII veterans

Updated: 11/08/09 8:29 AM
ELDRED, Pa.—The man shuffles along quietly, studying the neatly framed photos on the Mitchell Paige Wall of Fame, his shoulders carrying the weight of the world for much too long.

Your old visa can still be useful on trips

Updated: 11/08/09 8:29 AM
Q: I am a U. S. citizen. I received a visa to visit Brazil in late 2006 for a trip that I took in 2007.My passport has since expired and I now have a new passport. I still have my old passport with the visa that is valid until late 2011. Can I use the visa in my old passport and bring both passports when I visit Brazil in January 2010?

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‘Museum of Innocence’ an exploration of obsession

Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk turns anthropologist of experience in his new work, “The Museum of Innocence.” He does this by encapsulating the world’s beauty, childhood and happiness with a master writer’s control of an obsessive personality.

How Herblock ruled Washington with a pen

Herbert Lawrence Block is the reason Tom Toles no longer draws editorial cartoons just outside my office, although when I peer over the top of my computer I can still see his old drawing table and the signature drawing lamp he depicts in the lower corner of his cartoons.

Miss Manners: To tell or not to tell?

Dear Miss Manners: A guest, who, like me, is a middle-aged bachelor (well, I am perhaps a tad beyond middle age, but never mind that) returned this summer—essentially homeless after many years out of the country—to undergo surgeries from which he is now recovering. He does not require in-home medical assistance, but is under doctor’s orders to avoid his usual athletic activities for a while, and he cannot drive now.

It’s time to get out of relationship

Dear Carolyn: I’m involved with a married man, which (1) I didn’t know until after we became involved, and (2) breaks one of my core values—so even though I love his company (we’re no longer physically involved), I hate that I’m in the middle of someone else’s marriage.

Taxi helped aging driver get around

Updated: 11/08/09 8:28 AM
Dear Abby: Several years ago, I realized that my mother’s eyesight and reflexes weren’t what they once were, but she insisted on remaining behind the wheel. She was afraid of losing her independence if she gave up driving. Then she had a traffic accident that shook her enough to make her finally relinquish her keys, but she wasn’t happy about it.

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Miss Manners: To tell or not to tell?

Dear Miss Manners: A guest, who, like me, is a middle-aged bachelor (well, I am perhaps a tad beyond middle age, but never mind that) returned this summer—essentially homeless after many years out of the country—to undergo surgeries from which he is now recovering. He does not require in-home medical assistance, but is under doctor’s orders to avoid his usual athletic activities for a while, and he cannot drive now.

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