WASHINGTON (AP) ‘ President Bush, acknowledging the risk of recession, embraced about $145 billion worth of tax relief Friday to give the economy a “shot in the arm.” Bush said such a growth package must also include tax incentives for business investment and quick tax relief for individuals. To be effective, he said an economic…

By Ric Edelman I hope you don’t handle your portfolio like you handle your car’s thermostat. Let me explain. I got in a fight with my wife, Jean, last summer. It was one of those terrific arguments that only husbands can have with their wives. You know what I mean. We were running errands on…

NASHVILLE (AP) ‘ Tennessee’s unemployment rate for December was 5.3 percent, up .4 percent from November, the state Department of Labor and Work Force Development has announced. The national unemployment rate for December was 5 percent, up from the November national rate of 4.7 percent. Commissioner James Neeley said the increase in Tennessee’s rate is…

Kristin Nicole Gross and Aubrey Wade Green were joined in holy matrimony Nov. 17 in a ceremony held at Dayspring Community Church. Bro. Rex Boles performed the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Leslie and Melody Ward and Chris Gross. She is the granddaughter of the late Aubrey Davis, Tobby and the late Fairy…

By Kathy Mitchel and Marcy Sugar Dear Annie: My father is a registered sex offender. My wife and I have a 2-year-old girl. We used to let my father and stepmother take our daughter to church regularly without us, but after a local pediatrician suspected sexual abuse when she had what appeared to us as…

Magness Library & Community House gratefully acknowledges the following book memorial contributions: A book was donated in memory of John S. Carr and Jerri Carr by Steve, Eleanor, Stevie and Jimmy Joe Bryan, Bryan Farms and Nursery; A book in memory of George Christian was donated by the MPC Family at Bell Street; Ruth Frazier…

A leap year, also known as an intercalary year, is a year containing one or more extra days. The Gregorian calendar most cultures use today is synchronized to astronomical and seasonal events, including Earth’s movement around the sun. The average time between two successive vernal equinoxes (when the sun is directly over the equator) is…

The neighborhood library, with its seemingly endless rows of books and tons of printed material, can be a literary wonderland for children. But the Dewey Decimal System and navigating the ways of the library aren’t the only lessons to be learned there. There are several lessons to be learned at the library, many of which…

Slow-Cooker Savory Pot Roast Family Features After a long day at work or running errands, don’t you wish that dinner was cooked and would magically appear on your table? Chances are, you already have a slow cooker collecting dust on a kitchen shelf, just waiting to make suppertime a cinch. With family schedules busier than…

Monday, Jan. 21 7th- & 8th-grade basketball, Centertown at Eastside, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22 WCHS basketball, at home vs. White County, 6:30 WCMS basketball, at home vs. Franklin Co. South, JV 4:30, Varsity 6 p.m. Boyd basketball, at Mid. Tenn. Christian, 6 p.m. WCHS wrestling, at home vs. Franklin County, 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan.…