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Ask Amy: Dog parents bark at one another over sitter

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:23:32 GMT

Dear Amy: Several years ago, one of my neighbors asked if I would give her the name of my long-time (about 13 years at that point) dog sitter/walker.This neighbor said that she and her husband never traveled, so she would use the dog sitter only for occasional walks.I gave her the number.Now the neighbor and her husband have begun traveling and have been booking my dog sitter for a week (or longer periods) sometimes a year in advance, so that I can no longer rely on the availability of the dog walker.This neighbor has also given the name and number of the sitter to another neighbor.I asked them, out of courtesy, to alert me a few weeks before they plan to use my dog sitter and to get a dog sitter of their own if I need my original sitter.They both say they won’t do this. They won’t even allow me to use my dog sitter to walk my dog while they are using the sitter for week-long stays.What is the etiquette in this situation?— Dognapped WomanDear Dognapped: I understand how frustr...

Putin visits military headquarters in Ukraine's Kherson region

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:23:32 GMT

The Kremlin announced on 18 April that Russian President Vladimir Putin (pictured) visited the military headquarters of Ukraine's Kherson region and Luhansk, which is partly controlled by Russia.Putin was in Kherson to attend a meeting of military commanders. He heard reports from the commanders of airborne forces, the "Dnieper", army group as well as other senior officers about the situation in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. Both regions have been declared part of Russia by Moscow.In anticipation of an offensive by Ukraine, Russian troops have reinforced their positions along the Dnipro River on the other side.Putin also visited the national guard headquarters of Ukraine's eastern Luhansk Region, another part that Moscow annexed in Ukraine last year.The Kremlin has not revealed when Putin attended these meetings.

Bridge: April 20, 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:23:32 GMT

I’ve heard an optimist defined as someone who finds his basement flooded and goes in search of a fishing pole. In some deals, declarer must be optimistic and assume the missing cards lie favorably.Today’s North-South push to four spades after West’s weak jump-overcall. West leads the queen of clubs, and South takes the ace, leads a trump to his queen and cashes the ace.West discards, so South has two trump losers, a diamond and a club. He has a two-way guess for the queen of hearts. Is his play really a guess?CLUB LOSERSouth must run the hearts to discard dummy’s club loser and ruff his last club in dummy. He must find East with four hearts; even if South locates the queen, a 3-3 break won’t help him since East will ruff the fourth heart and cash a high trump.So South should assume East’s hearts are Q-x-x-x. South leads to the ace and lets the ten ride. He leads a heart to his jack, throws dummy’s last club on the king and ruffs a club in du...

Word Game: April 20, 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:23:32 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — REPENTED (REPENTED: rih-PENT-ed: Felt regret or contrition.)Average mark 27 wordsTime limit 40 minutesCan you find 34 or more words in REPENTED? The list will be published tomorrow.YESTERDAY’S WORD — RUSTLED rest result rude rudest rued rule ruse rust rustle ulster used user sled slue slur slut strudel stud sued suer suet surd sure sutler true lest lues lure lust luster lute duel dues duet dulse dust dusterTo purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last!RULES OF THE GAME:1. Words must be of four or more letters.2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible.4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.Contact Word Game creator Ka...

Insteel Industries: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:23:32 GMT

MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (AP) — MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (AP) — Insteel Industries Inc. (IIIN) on Thursday reported earnings of $5.1 million in its fiscal second quarter.The Mount Airy, North Carolina-based company said it had net income of 26 cents per share.The maker of steel wire reinforcing for the concrete and construction industry posted revenue of $159.1 million in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on IIIN at https://www.zacks.com/ap/IIINSource

Snap-On: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:23:32 GMT

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Snap-On Inc. (SNA) on Thursday reported first-quarter earnings of $248.7 million.On a per-share basis, the Kenosha, Wisconsin-based company said it had net income of $4.60.The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $4.14 per share.The tool and diagnostic equipment maker posted revenue of $1.18 billion in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.15 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on SNA at https://www.zacks.com/ap/SNASource

Forestar Group: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:23:32 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Forestar Group Inc. (FOR) on Thursday reported net income of $26.9 million in its fiscal second quarter.The Arlington, Texas-based company said it had profit of 54 cents per share.The real estate and natural resources developer posted revenue of $301.5 million in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on FOR at https://www.zacks.com/ap/FORSource

D.R. Horton: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:23:32 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — D.R. Horton Inc. (DHI) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $942.2 million.The Arlington, Texas-based company said it had net income of $2.73 per share.The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 17 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.90 per share.The homebuilder posted revenue of $7.97 billion in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Sixteen analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $6.56 billion.D.R. Horton expects full-year revenue in the range of $31.5 billion to $33 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on DHI at https://www.zacks.com/ap/DHISource

Haaland’s presence allowing City to evolve under Guardiola

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:23:32 GMT

The arrival of Erling Haaland has given Manchester City one of the most formidable scorers ever seen in English soccer, with his presence enabling manager Pep Guardiola to evolve his tactical approach in the biggest games.Guardiola will always prefer his teams to dominate possession. “Maybe one day they will change the rules,” he once said, “but I think to score a goal you need the ball.”Guardiola, however, is no longer wedded to the possession-based philosophy that was the hallmark of his trophy-laden time at Barcelona, as well as at Bayern Munich and City.Just look at City’s most important matches this season.In an away game at Premier League title rival Arsenal in February, City had only 36% possession — the team’s lowest figure in 11 years. City won 3-1.In the two legs against Bayern in the Champions League quarterfinals, City had 44% possession at home last week and 42% in Germany on Wednesday. City won 3-0 then drew 1-1 to advance to the semifinals with plenty to spare.It’s no...

Canisters found in Fort Totten were WWI munitions, similar to chemical weapons in Spring Valley cleanup

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:23:32 GMT

WTOP has learned two metal canisters discovered Tuesday in Fort Totten Park, in Northeast D.C., were World War I-era weapons, with physical similarities to chemical weapons found during a decades-long cleanup of a former chemical weapons site near the American University campus.U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokesperson Cynthia Mitchell told WTOP it’s not yet clear whether the canisters discovered in a mound of soil by a National Park Service employee, which are now being analyzed at Marine Corps Base Quantico, were empty.“We expect preliminary/unofficial results on content this week, and final confirmation next week,” Mitchell wrote in an email.This is not the first time a World War I era weapon has been discovered in Fort Totten — one of seven Northeast D.C. forts used by the Union Army to defend the nation’s capital during the Civil War.In 2020, the National Park Service discovered a World War I era metal canister on the ground in a different area of Fort Totten ...