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SAY YOU OWN the stock of a company whose earnings increased dramatically over the last quarter. Expecting a nice bump up in price, you see the stock price heading in the opposite direction.

The Comfort of Ghosts, By Jacqueline Winspear, Soho Crime. 360 pp. $29.95

Q. Our beloved Bose Wave radio has developed several issues to the point we can’t use it anymore. The few places I’ve seen online that (allegedly) repair Bose radios charge an exorbitant price, so that’s not an option.

Looking for the best way to explore Yosemite National Park? Try hopping aboard a steam locomotive.

DEAR ABBY: I have been friends for 20 years with a kind and caring woman, “Brenda.” We always shared life moments, until recently. I thought of her children as my own. Her son got married (not in a formal or traditional wedding) and didn’t want anyone there except his parents, siblings and a…

Q: My doctor says that I have to lower my triglycerides by changing my lifestyle choices — but what are triglycerides exactly and how do I lower them?

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After breaking numerous records in the western United States on Thursday, the season’s first major heat wave continued Friday, scorching cities from Texas to California. The hazardous heat should gradually ease this weekend but will persist in portions of Texas and Oklahoma.

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