Feng shui is a Chinese practice of arranging buildings and rooms in harmony with qi, which practitioners describe as an energy that flows through all things. Its most practical organizing principles are to place beds and desks where the door is visible, keep pathways clear, deal with clutter firs...
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- More showers and thunderstorms possible across the Borderland this weekend, with the greatest chances east of the Rio Grande Valley. Some storms could become severe, especially for Saturday afternoon and Sunday. Another weather system moving into the regi...
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The multi-hundred million dollar Downtown Deck Plaza project could reshape the landscape of the heart of El Paso - if the funding can be figured out with some important deadlines in mind. Recent major donations in the tens of millions have increased the t...
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Paddlers skim along the water to the sound of gulls. Small waves splash against driftwood and the banks of the Des Moines River. A flotilla of experienced kayakers, canoers who built their own boats and infrequent recreators expands and contracts, making its way downstream. On an...
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Having a negative net worth means a household owes more than it owns, and high debt relative to assets is associated with greater perceived depression, more stress and poorer health. For nearly two decades before the Great Recession, the share of U.S. households whose debts equal...
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Gail Krantzberg spent decades working on Great Lakes policy and protection — years before this whirlwind year of politics on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border crept into the ways the lakes are protected. In Canada, U.S. President Donald Trump’s ongoing trade war has seen feder...
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Stocking up on candy this fall is a less-than-sweet experience in the U.S. and Canada, thanks to prices rising more than twice as fast as the overall inflation rate in both countries. Why is getting your seasonal sugar fix so expensive? Supply chain complications, unlucky weather...
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With Election Day just weeks away, housing affordability is a headline issue. But most of the conversation is about getting people into homes. After identifying in several recent studies that homeownership costs are causing enormous stress, Hometap focused its latest research on ...
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Airfares rose almost everywhere in the U.S. this year, according to the latest government ticket data. In each of the 50 busiest metro areas, the average domestic fare was higher from April to June 2026 than in the same months a year earlier. Detroit rose the most, nearly 25%, fo...
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A wedding budget can quickly turn into a conversation about everything else a couple wants from life. A home. A honeymoon. Some savings left afterward. With average 2025 wedding spending near $34,000, according to The Knot’s 2026 Real Weddings Study, those conversations carry rea...
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Email inboxes are already filling up with gift suggestions for the holidays. It may be hard to resist clicking on those links and going down the rabbit hole as you imagine all the smiles and warm feelings giving the perfect gift will bring. That feeling is real, and it is part of...
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“Move more, sit less” is familiar health advice, reflected in federal recommendations to reduce sedentary time . But where does that leave the worker who barely gets a chance to sit? For nurses, retail staff, restaurant employees, teachers and other professionals, the workplace-h...
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“Clean” has become a familiar shorthand in wellness marketing. On a supplement label, it can suggest simplicity, purity, or the absence of ingredients a shopper would rather avoid. When ingredient lists feel complicated, a reassuring word can make a product seem easier to evaluat...
