In our house we have two sorts of Aha! moments. One is the Major Life Decision, the MLD, and the other is the personal epiphany. The MLD seems more a self-indulgent choice rather than one of insight. Read more…

A helicopter crashed into the garden of a restaurant in southern France, killing three people and injuring one. All the victims were in the garden of Chez Bob restaurant, located near the village of Salin-de-Giraud, police said. Read more…

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SOUTH RIVER Diosnorides Diaz has kept the rent affordable for Russell Arms tenants for 27 years because, he says, he cares about people such as Witold Oganiaczyk, a custodian who pays about $800 a month to live in a one-bedroom apartment with his wife and two small children. Read more…

A common inventory of garden tools includes leaf and garden rakes, hoes, shovels, trowels, pruners, gloves, garden hoses and a lawn mower. These tools must be maintained, and now is your opportunity. Soon, you will be pruning, planting, mulching, mowing and weeding again. Read more…

Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) — European commodity shares dropped paced by BHP Billiton and Arcelor Mittal, after copper fell for a second day and Credit Suisse Group lowered its recommendation on the steel industry. Read more…