Is not splitting the pot stirring the pot?

May 5, 2023

Dear Annie: I recently won over $500 in a local March Madness basketball bracket. It was $20 to enter, and my bracket came out on top. I told my wife about my winnings and, while happy for me, she expected me to split the winnings with her. I must say that I did take the $20 entry fee from our joint banking account. I replaced the original $20 back into our account and offered to take her to dinner or give her $100 as a token of unity and support. However, she felt that this consolation to her was inadequate and that we should split the winnings to get around $250 each. I feel that ...

Securing a new tissue box

May 5, 2023

Dear Heloise: When I open a new box of facial tissue, I put a couple handfuls of marbles in the bottom so that when I go to grab one tissue, the whole box doesn’t come with it. A heavy weight on the bottom keeps the box on my nightstand. I enjoy your column. -- Jan W., Castleton, Vermont EMERGENCY INFORMATION Dear Heloise: I am a recent widow. My son needs to know my doctor’s name and phone number, along with a list of my medications. I have all this listed on colorful art paper and taped it to my bathroom mirror. -- Patty B., in Texas Patty, information like that is often ...

Lotteries

May 5, 2023

Daily 3 6-6-6 Mega Millions Estimated jackpot: $68 million Northstar Cash 3-9-10-14-22 Estimated jackpot: $27,000 Powerball Estimated jackpot: $87 million

Zelenskyy wants Putin trial; Russia accuses US on drones

May 5, 2023

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ukraine and Russia pressed their wartime rhetoric Thursday, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressing confidence that Vladimir Putin would be convicted of war crimes, and the Kremlin alleging that the U.S. was behind what it called an assassination attempt against the Russian president. The countries' leaders have personally attacked each other multiple times during the war that Russia started by invading Ukraine in February 2022. The latest flare-up came Wednesday, with Russia's claim that Ukraine had attacked the Kremlin in Moscow with ...

History

May 5, 2023

Today in History Today is Friday, May 5, the 125th day of 2023. There are 240 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America’s first space traveler as he made a 15-minute suborbital flight aboard Mercury capsule Freedom 7. On this date: In 1494, during his second voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus landed in Jamaica. In 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte, 51, died in exile on the island of St. Helena. In 1925, schoolteacher John T. Scopes was charged in Tennessee with violating a state law that ...

Purple lanes: Minnesota highway signs to honor Prince

May 5, 2023

ST. PAUL — The late pop superstar Prince will have a highway named after him in his home state, following a vote by Minnesota lawmakers Thursday. The Senate vote was 55-5 to rename the highway that runs past Prince’s Paisley Park museum and studios. Among those watching was his oldest sister, Sharon Nelson. The bill passed the House unanimously last month on the seventh anniversary of Prince’s death, and now goes to Gov. Tim Walz, who is expected to sign. Purple signs will soon go up along a seven-mile stretch of State Highway 5 in the Minneapolis suburbs of Chanhassen and Eden ...