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Foods that score

Here's a game plan for your Super Bowl party

By Bernie Betit/Freedom News Service

So you've been roped into hosting a Super Bowl party. No worries. The big game is usually secondary to the commercials and the pounds of food we'll consume — almost 15,000 tons of chips, 4,000 tons of popcorn and 12 million pounds of avocado... Full story

Books can demonstrate what's important in life

Emphasize timeless values with today's reviewed titles

Story and photos by Kendal A. Rautzhan/For the Appeal-Democrat

Our media-driven world promotes material possessions as one of the most essential things people should strive for. Most of us know that the really important things in life don't come with a big price tag. Instead, what gives a person the greatest... Full story

Keepers of the faith

Women who work to become nuns

By Mark Barna/Freedom News Service

Giving up the pleasures of this world for a life of prayer, silence and communal living is rare. Yet women do choose the narrow path and walk away from their careers, independence and material possessions to become Benedictine sisters. After six... Full story

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