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Read moreTarget stores announced their profits have been cut by $400M of “organized retail crime,” and they expect by the end of the year it will total $600M. Their stock price took a dive, but they are not alone: CVS, Walgreen-Boots, and many others have noted they are being hurt badly by looting and shoplifting. Sometimes it is mobs who invade, scoop up all they can, and flee. Sometimes employees steal and sometimes dedicated thieves habitually stroll in and take whatever they want. In some places, law enforcement makes it difficult or impossible to arrest and prosecute the criminals.
Read moreThanksgiving is much more than a big meal with family and friends. It’s a time to reflect on, and be thankful for, all of the good things you have. It’s important to be grateful, not just on Thanksgiving, but each and every day. Rather than lamenting what you feel is lacking in your life, begin each new day by developing an attitude of gratitude. Take inventory of your blessings and you will be surprised at just how much you have to be thankful for.
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DEAR ABBY: My husband passed away two years ago. I hope you can give me some advice on how to deal with my 53-yearold daughter who never left home. We generally get along well. She does freelance art, but doesn’t earn much. She contributes only $30 a month. Also, she has a driving phobia, so she doesn’t drive. She expects me to drive her to various places.
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DEAR ABBY: I am a widowed woman who met a gentleman online two years ago. We met in person and get along really great. Everything seems perfect, but my girlfriends keep telling me they see his profile on numerous dating sites. When I asked him about it, he said he had closed the accounts. Well, close friends say they are concerned because he is on a lot of those sites even now.
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DEAR ABBY: I have been a widow for six months. My late husband was a physically and verbally abusive alcoholic. I spent numerous nights in the ER waiting to be seen and nursed many black eyes throughout the years. During all those years of abuse, which was witnessed by numerous friends and family, I remained faithful and dedicated to him and our marriage, but due to the toxicity of our relationship I was severely depressed and needed antidepressants. I tried many times to get him help and had family interventions, only to end up being threatened with getting all my teeth knocked out.
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DEARABBY: I married for the second time two years ago to a younger woman. Seven months after our wedding, she announced she didn’t like my dominating personality, which is why she was stepping out of the marriage. She then went back to her deadbeat ex-boyfriend for six months. I went for counseling and have made a major change in how I treat, talk and make decisions with her. I love my wife with all my heart. I want to protect our marriage and move forward from the affair.
Read moreDuring Sunday morning praise and worship service in church, we occasionally sing a song with the words, “Show us, shou us your Glory, Lord.” Recently while singing it, I remembered sometimes feeling His special manifested presence. If I had not been paying attention, I could have missed them. I’ve personally changed the phrase in n the song to “Help us, help us recognize your glory, Lord.”
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