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EndNotes archive for Sept. 16, 2011

FRIDAY, SEPT. 16, 2011

This image of the asteroid Vesta was taken by the Dawn spacecraft on Sunday from a distance of about 9,500 miles away. (Associated Press)

No worries? Right...

Everyday, I read about something new to worry about. A few weeks ago, I read that dishwashers can contain a nasty fungus impervious to hot water and detergent. In Monday's Earthweek column, Steve Newman reports that a University of California geophysicist is worried that that…

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Former President Ronald Reagan, who was a faithful writer of love letters, is kissed by wife Nancy on his 89th birthday in 2000. (Associated Press)

Til death (or illness?) do us part 

Christian televangelist Pat Robertson has infuriated many of his viewers with his comment that a person is within his/her moral right to divorce a spouse who has Alzheimer's disease. The extremely conservative pastor defended his stance by saying that Alzheimer's disease "is a kind of…

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Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with writer Catherine Johnston of Olympia, Wash., discuss here issues facing aging boomers, seniors and those experiencing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.