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A tourist kicks up her heels as she and a friend wait for the driver of a hot pink private taxi, a classic American Chevrolet convertible, before they take a driving tour of Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

“Haying” used to be a full time job for teens in the summer. Tossing bales onto a flat-bed, stacking them on the truck, hauling them back to the hay yard or the barn, throwing bales off and restacking them. It was always hot, sticky, scratchy, sweaty and hard. But if you were on the football team in high school you’d finish the last cutting with money in the bank and muscles like Arnold Schwarzenegger! Oh, and the suntan was free.

“Well, to be honest, I’d never thought of sellin’ this bull. His weight per day of age was tops in my herd and I’ve been offered $50,000 for him … but if you’re really interested …

 “It is more unbelievable than you can ever, ever imagine,” foundation Knights’ player Stephen Crowe said.

Words hurt. They hurt even deeper when they are said to deliberately hurt someone. But the poison goes two ways, because the vitriolic accuser blackens his own soul.

Andy was still trainin’ on Gracie as they rode across the high mountain pasture in the Uintas. He had named her Gracie with the same inversely convoluted reasoning with which U.S. senators refer to each other as “My distinguished colleague…”

Warby flashed both ways over a measured kilometre at an average 511.1 km/h, a touch over 317 mph, a record that two men have died trying to match. Warby had already become the world’s fastest man on water in 1977 when, behind the wheel of his hydroplane powered by two second-hand Westinghouse J-34 jet engines, he set an average speed of 464 km/h on the dam. 

I don’t cross my legs, I don’t lift anything heavier than a bag of flour, I don’t row boats, I have to tell my daughter that no, I can’t carry her, no matter how tired her legs are. I even forgo the pleasure of sledging.

America’s most popular boy singers warm audience hearts with their annual program of holiday hymns and carols. These delightful choristers embody the pure spirit of Christmas music with their floating, angelic voices. Bring the Kids for $1. Tickets to this event include same day Museum admission.

Commenter: Aimee PowellI took out student loans in the late 1980s to help support myself and my infant daughter, so that I could continue on my college-bound path despite my unplanned pregnancy. I consolidated those loans in 1994; at that time, the balance was just over $33,000. Over the years since, family issues — my mother’s declining health, my husband’s severe mental health concerns, and my children’s needs — left me looking for the relief that forbearances and deferments offered. My balance now stands at over $87,000, even though I have made payments periodically over the years. Due to health care expenses incurred, I recently filed for bankruptcy. New bankruptcy laws require that there be nothing left over in one’s budget to pay back any debt (for chapter 7), but paradoxically student loan debt is still not dischargeable, generally. While personal responsibility is certainly an issue, it must be remembered that many of us have taken what was offered to us by those servicing our loans when we contacted them to let them know of our difficulty. It’s a great system for them — you can’t pay, they offer a year or two off, and at the end your payments are even harder to afford. Ultimately, you’re out of options, your debt is insurmountably high, and there is no option left but to forego needed medicines, scrimp on groceries, and still be behind.

Commenter: Diana MunkacsiOf the $460 I pay every month for the next 30 years, ONLY $50-$75 of that goes toward my principal! OVER $390 OF MY PAYMENTS GO TO INTEREST FIRST!!!!! I have not seen my principal go down! This is how people that don’t have money end up! The affluent’S children go to Ivy League schools, get Ivey League jobs and don’t have to worry about debt! The average American ends up paying for the rest of their lives and struggling! I will not push my kids to go to school because it is NOT WORTH IT! OBAMA, STOP BAILING OUT THE BANKS AND START HELPING OUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO SURVIVE DAY TO DAY!!! I went to school hoping to make a better life for myself. My family always told me how important it is for me to finish college. When I finished I owed $42k. I had some problems with a pregnancy and was not able to work. When I contacted Sallie Mae, my principal had jumped from $42k to $63k! I had defaulted and was charged over $20k in interest and penalties. I am now current and paying my loans at $460 per month until the year 2038! I cannot get a job as a mental health counselor, for which I have a degree and I took all the loans out for, because I cannot make enough to pay my student loans and and the rest of my bills. I am now an admin assistant! I could have had the job I have now without a degree and not have this huge debt hanging over my head for the rest of my life! DUPED AND PISSED OFF!

FILE – In this Tuesday, June 26, 2018 file photo, migrants rest at the port of Algeciras, southern Spain, after being rescued in the Strait of Gibraltar. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)