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Miss Manners: The polite alternative to calling your roommate a dirty freak

Plus: All the cousins get birthday gifts, except one.

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Dear Abby: I don’t want to spend my wedding budget on shirttail in-laws

The big-budget, star-driven action comedy with Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans sold $34.1 million in tickets in its first weekend in theaters.

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Dwayne Johnson’s $200 million-plus Christmas pic opens to $34.1 million

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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Forget Munich! America’s best Bavarian-style Christmas markets revealed

Bavarian-style Christmas markets are popping up with plenty of gifts and festive atmospheres across the U.S.

“Does Wendy have any family?” I asked Cy the Cynic. “None that I know of,” Cy said shortly. Cy, a chauvinist, and Wendy, my club’s resident feminist, are relentless adversaries, even when they cut as partners in our penny games....

Home and Garden

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Clean House: 10 spots to spiff up before holiday guests come

We may mop, sweep and vacuum on the regular, but at least twice a year, you need to do some deep housecleaning. One of those times is now, before the holidays arrive. Here are 10 tasks for your to-do list.