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Custom nannies - (Found September 22, 2008 )

Folona Stuart's workday - or rather, her worknight - is charted in diaper changes, foot-tickling, and occasional bouts of hiccups. Stuart, also trained as a doula and lactation consultant, is part of a growing trend in the nanny business. While the fictional Mary Poppins may have been able to handle any situation with panache and a bit of magic, real-life nannies are not one-size-fits-all.
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Guy style: Basic training - (Found September 22, 2008 )

Listen up, men. It seems some of you are dropping the ball when it comes to your appearance - and you know whom I'm talking about. How many times do you hang out with friends dressed in shorts, T-shirts and baseball caps Perhaps you go out on dates in the same It's time you got your act together. Consider this a basic guide to "raising your game" in three areas: grooming, wardrobe and manners.
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Power elegance - (Found September 22, 2008 )

Contemporary women's style is taking its cues this fall from the late 1950s and early '60s - the country's most well-tailored and fiercely feminine era in fashion.
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Three sets of grandparents, three different challenges - (Found September 22, 2008 )

Just ask most grandparents and they'll tell you: If they'd only known how wonderful grandchildren would be, they would have had them first. Grandparents offer a recess from a world of "Nos" and a love that is often described as unqualified.
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Well-organized make-believe - (Found September 22, 2008 )

On most days, chaplain Mark Ford works for the forces of good, counseling drug and alcohol addicts at the Atlantic City Rescue Mission, a nonprofit Christian social-service organization.
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'Sweepers' clean up - (Found September 22, 2008 )

The Philly Cheesestakers' meeting started with a roll call. But instead of names, it featured wins. Two Crate & Barrel gift cards. Four tickets to a Phillies game. Boxes of chocolates from Dove. A pair of underwear from Hanes' "Wedge Free Wednesday."
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Remedies for nurse shortage - (Found September 22, 2008 )

WASHINGTON - Nurse Jennifer Dimmick helped her 71-year-old patient, George Mulligan, struggle from a chair to his feet for his daily walk around the corridor outside his room at Inova Fairfax Hospital.
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Ready for a 13.1-mile run: Why they go the distance - (Found September 22, 2008 )

Come Sunday, 15,000 people will put aside the coffee, the paper, and the luxury of sleeping in to run 13.1 miles in the Philadelphia Distance Run - one of the city's most popular races.
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Getting schooled on identity theft - (Found September 22, 2008 )

The e-mails were convincing, at least to the more than 100 Temple University computer users who sent in their user names and passwords.
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She's fashion's go-to girl this fall - (Found September 22, 2008 )

Standing high on its heels among the round-toed, T-strapped and spectator pumps this fall is the Mary Jane. A must-have accessory for this season's tailored skirt suits, wide-legged pants, empire-waist frocks, and dressed-up denim, the shoe is dazzling in patent, metallic and animal-skin styles.
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