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Lessening winter's toll on the skin

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

How a chilly day can lead to a case of hives

By POHLA SMITH, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Editorial: GOP compromises, lives to fight another day

An editorial / By Dale McFeatters, Scripps Howard News Service

Editorial: As wars wind down, no peace dividend, just IOU

An editorial / By Dale McFeatters, Scripps Howard News Service

Ask Carley: He who pays dictates the alcohol policy at wedding

By CARLEY RONEY, Scripps Howard News Service

Resumania: Hiring managers don't need to hear your political views

By MAX MESSMER, Scripps Howard News Service

Cook: Time to realize Steelers owe Hines Ward nothing

By RON COOK, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

TVQA: 'Downton Abbey,' 'Project Runway All Stars' and more

By ROB OWEN, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Game On: 'Darkness II' too brief ... 'Undisputed' rules MMA genre

By CHRIS CAMPBELL, Scripps Howard News Service

Compute: You can't count on online privacy

By ANDREA ELDRIDGE, Scripps Howard News Service

Randall: My brother, a hero like no other

By SHARON RANDALL, Scripps Howard News Service

Penn State says scandal expenses reach $3.2 million

By BILL SCHACKNER, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Tips for the long-term unemployed

Raleigh News and Observer

Long-term unemployed face stigma from prospective employers

By JOHN MURAWSKI, Raleigh News and Observer

Democrats see California as powerful political cash cow

By CARLA MARINUCCI, San Francisco Chronicle

Mormon church apologizes for baptisms of Wiesenthal's dead parents

By PEGGY FLETCHER STACK, Salt Lake Tribune

Alexander: Young Garvey realizes dad Steve knows best

By JIM ALEXANDER, The Press-Enterprise

TV: Increasingly leaving older actors -- and audiences -- behind

By ERIC DEGGANS, Tampa Bay Times

Jenkins: John McEnroe still sharp, even a bit of a cutup

By BRUCE JENKINS, San Francisco Chronicle

Kroichick: Tiger Woods unlikely to return to Pebble Beach tourney

By RON KROICHICK, San Francisco Chronicle

By STEPHANIE GARRY, St. Petersburg Times

Superstitions carry Rays

There are lots of rational reasons why the Tampa Bay Rays are one win from their first World Series appearance.Talented players who work as a team. A steady coach. A resilient bullpen.Then there were the shriveled hot dogs hanging in the groundskeepers' lockers.The crew believes they cast a winning spirit over the Rays' season -- until someone threw them out.

A closer look at military desertions

Danny Yamonico had three strikes against her when she enlisted in the Army.A back injury. A history of mental health problems. A girlfriend.She says her recruiter knew she knew she was gay and about the other issues but pressed her to join anyway. At the end of boot camp, her back was aching. She knew she'd made a mistake. She wanted out.

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Taxing Times

Paying taxes unites us. It also divides us. People can pay five and even six times more in state and local taxes than other folks in similar circumstances making similar incomes.

Taxes unify Americans, but rates vary by state

Identity Theft

Who's got your number?

In one of the fastest-growing forms of identity theft, crooks are stealing tax refunds by swiping personal information and using it to trick the Internal Revenue Service.

Lawmaker offers anti-ID theft law to foil crooks who profit off dead children