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First, let it be said that football is much safer than it once was.For an example, we need look no further than 1905. That year yielded what one writer described as “football’s death harvest.” In the course of 1905, it’s believed that more than 20 college football players sustained ...

The scene played out at least a couple of times in all those tough-as-nails crime thrillers Hollywood pumped out in the 1930s and 1940s.An inmate leaves "the big house" after serving his time. Once he hops on a bus, a suitcase in his hand and a few bucks in his pocket, the rest of the movie ...

For malls, it’s a time of reinvention

Nostalgia is as much a part of Christmas as eggnog, stockings hung by the fireplace and Burl Ives singing “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”But, for most of us, the seasonal nostalgia does not include images of carolers in a town square, horse-drawn sleighs gliding across a snowy landscape ...

Fungal infections must be treated with caution

COVID-19’s dominance over health and medical news for nearly three years has, understandably, relegated other ailments and diseases to the background, although TV commercials and other advertising geared toward certain products and medicines have rightly continued to attract people afflicted ...

As life has steadily returned to normal after the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the masks have largely come off and people are returning to the rhythms of life they enjoyed before March 2020. This year, that will mean lots of holiday gatherings, travel and merriment.And even though — ...

Deer season’s challenges, opportunities

Pennsylvania’s rifle deer-hunting season, an annual rite of late fall, is underway.It is an exercise that tests perseverance and patience, observation and tracking skills and physical endurance in dealing with less-than-ideal temperatures as well as an array of possibly adverse, quickly ...