Stay-at-home birthday parties for kids can be creative without the cost
If Junior wants a birthday party with a dozen of his closest friends, it might mean breaking into his piggy bank.Busy parents who don’t have time to host a party at their home often count on places...
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My story comes from when I taught kindergarten and I was giving individual readiness tests. I had called Tyler over and asked him to tell me his name and address and asked him how old he was. When I...
View ArticleApp lets amputees program their own bionic hands
PHILADELPHIA: Double-amputee Jason Koger used to fly hundreds of miles to visit a clinician when he wanted to adjust the grips on his bionic hands.Now, he’s got an app.Koger came to Philadelphia this...
View ArticleStudy: Exercise cuts kidney stone risk in women
Women have another reason to exercise: It may help prevent kidney stones. You don’t have to break a sweat or be a super athlete, either. Even walking for a couple hours a week can cut the risk of...
View ArticleOne-man plays to explore homosexuality and the Bible
Peterson Toscano — a playwright, actor, blogger, stand-up comedian and gay activist — is coming to Akron and Cleveland on Monday and Tuesday for two performances.Toscano, of Sunbury, Pa., spent nearly...
View ArticleIconographer paints images to inspire faithful
COPLEY TWP.: A plain white wall rose above the altar in the sanctuary at St. Demetrius Serbian Orthodox Church.That was before its transformation.Now that wall is covered in a brilliant blue that...
View ArticleLife in Brief — week of May 5
Brush up on oral health with dental hygiene tipsFinding the right toothbrush can be daunting.“You need a Ph.D. to get through the dental aisle of confusion,” said Richard H. Price, a spokesman for the...
View ArticleJohn Rosemond: ‘Disobedience’ is just normal behavior
Q: It seems our 1-year-old is showing willful disobedience. We tell him “no” and try to redirect but he does the same things over and over again. The things in question include turning over and not...
View ArticleNews of the Weird: Man’s not-so-best friend
Man trying to recover dog’s costly mealWayne Klinkel’s golden retriever Sundance, locked in a car while Klinkel, of Helena, Mont., went to dinner in December, set about dining himself on whatever he...
View ArticleReally, Mom, my physics homework is to play ‘Tomb Raider’
Four college freshmen crowd around a TV, jostling around a video game that involves grabbing shapes to fill the cube on the screen. A “blip blip” sound fills the room, and players argue over whose turn...
View ArticleWhat’s for dinner? Grilled pork chops
It’s May and that means grilling season is officially here. So fill up the propane tank or buy a new bag of charcoal and get your flame on.There’s really nothing you can’t cook on the grill, but plenty...
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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Whiskey Beach, Nora Roberts. A former criminal attorney who has been acquitted of his wife’s murder retreats to his family estate on a rocky New England cliff, where he is...
View ArticleBook review: ‘NOS4A2’: Villainous Christmas and biker heroines
NOS4A2Joe HillJoe Hill takes a cheery little Oedipal swipe at his father in the acknowledgment pages of his throat-grabbing new novel, NOS4A2. He describes the two of them riding back roads on...
View ArticleBook talk: ‘My Second Death,’ ‘Sharp and Dangerous Virtues’
Debut psychological thriller paints fascinating portraitWe learn a lot about Michaela “Mickey” Brandis very early in My Second Death, a debut psychological thriller by Akron native Lydia Cooper. Mickey...
View ArticlePop reviews — week of May 5
Ready to DieIggy and the StoogesReally, Iggy? Ready to die? Not possible. I always thought it would be you and cockroaches at the end of time, man.Ready to Die is the first album from Iggy Pop and...
View ArticleEven urbanites can navigate a park like Yosemite
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIF.: We had been traveling for hours — six by plane from Philadelphia to San Francisco, then nearly four more in a car through city, suburbs, farmland and forest — when we...
View ArticleFunny stories in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week
Kids say the darndest things, and no one knows that better than a teacher. In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, which begins today, we asked educators to send us their funniest stories.The following...
View ArticleThe To Do List — week of May 5
Meet a queenThe Pro Football Hall of Fame Queen Pageant is 7 p.m. Thursday at the Canton Palace Theatre. A queen and six court members will be crowned. The court will represent the community at all...
View ArticleNew Aultman Hospital CEO enjoys challenges of job
When Christopher E. Remark was looking for a job in the financial field, he didn’t know health care would become his career.At a job fair in Canton about 16 years ago, the Walsh University graduate...
View ArticleCharity events — week of May 6
This WeekWednesdayTaste of North Canton — 5-7:30 p.m. at the Fairways at Arrowhead, 1500 Rogwin Circle SW, North Canton. Food from more than 30 local eateries, music by the Brighter Side Band, silent...
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