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Google sells Frommer's guides back to Arthur Frommer Arthur Frommer, the avuncular, erudite travel icon who 57 years ago inspired a generation of cost-conscious Americans to pack their bags with Europe on 5 Dollars a Day, is taking back control of his travel guidebook brand from Google and intends to resume publishing Frommer guidebooks. More
NYC soda size rule eyed from coffee shops to clubs At barbecue joints, coffee counters and bottle-service nightclubs, a coming clampdown on big, sugary soft drinks is beginning to take shape on tables and menus in a city that thrives on eating and going out. More
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Dear Amy: I was adopted as an infant and found my birth mom when I was in my 30s. She had gotten pregnant in high school and gave birth to me at 17.
We lived in different parts of the country and after I found her, we saw each other once a year for over a decade until she died suddenly last year.
After her death, her brothers and sisters, who I’d only met once before, started regularly calling, sending constant texts and inviting me to family holiday dinners and on family vacations.
I don’t feel a connection to them, don’t consider them family, and find it very uncomfortable to be around them.
What do I owe them?