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Taming the college application process tempest

Here's a multiple-choice question for the families of high school students facing yet another round of SATs and other standardized tests: Why has the college application process grown so stressful and all-consuming?

Costumize it: Halloween costumes on the cheap

Spend more imagination and less money this Halloween by making your kids' costumes from cheap materials and items from around the house. Don't be afraid; you don't even need to know how to sew.
Can a home cook make it in a restaurant kitchen? Our reporter finds out

Home cooks like me fantasize about working in a restaurant kitchen. The gadgets, the walk-in fridge, the double-time chopping, the pressure-cooker atmosphere -- what a rush.
- A rookie tries his hand in the kitchen at Azul
Fashion is art at Bruk Gallery show

Raccoon-eyed models in snug alpaca coats were standing on platforms at the Kevin Bruk Gallery one recent evening, looking a little restless. Part art expo, part fashion boutique, this was a sartorial coming-out party for designer Silvia Argüello, and it was unusual even by Miami standards.

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Taming the college application process tempest

Here's a multiple-choice question for the families of high school students facing yet another round of SATs...
SWEAT EQUITY

She's got the mother of all workouts

Naomi Lowit had her first baby, Sophia, 18 months ago. ''I know how hard it is to get back in shape.'' So L...
EXERCISE

A good fitness tool for techies

Fitness-oriented techies should try Polar's new training computers
SPORTS INJURIES

More young athletes suffering from overtraining

Tommy John surgeries are becoming more common in high schoolers; doctors say kids need to cross train and t...
$11M gift to Miami Dade College aims to trim nurse shortage

Miami Dade College received an $11 million donation Tuesday to help with the region's nurse shortage.
NUTRITION

College cramming packs on the pounds

You don't have to gain weight in college. Here's how to fight that bulge.
5 things you didn't know about synesthesia

Synesthesia
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Taming the college application process tempest

Here's a multiple-choice question for the families of high school students facing yet another round of SATs...
NUTRITION

College cramming packs on the pounds

You don't have to gain weight in college. Here's how to fight that bulge.
PICKING A COLLEGE

Students are smart to keep their options open

There is life -- cool college life -- after the rigors of the senior high school year, even when you don't ...
Costumize it: Halloween costumes on the cheap

Spend more imagination and less money this Halloween by making your kids' costumes from cheap materials and...
KIDDING AROUND

Concert for kids

Selections from Pirates of the Caribbean and other treasured music will be featured during ''The Symphony a...
FAMILIES

'Married with children' an option for gay men
BOOKS

Author leading a fantasy life
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CELEBRITIES

Star stylist tries to shake her bad rep
Fashion is art at Bruk Gallery show
FASHION SPOTLIGHT

Hidden shop is one for the ages

Flavour Saviour is like a funky Alice in Wonderland. Set in a warehouse behind the Haitian Cultural Arts Al...
SPA SCENE

The Spa at The Sports Club/L.A.

It's no hassle to waltz into the Four Seasons for some pampering. But the Spa is integrated into the Sports...
FASHION WEEK

What's in? Escada show for one
Show hopes to empower full-figured women

Fashion event producer Charlene Meriedy sent atypical models in jaunty looks down the runway in her show Su...
THIS JUST IN

Thinking pink: Just how much money reaches charities?
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A FORK ON THE ROAD

Get a meal in a cup at Piri Piri
COOK'S CORNER

Cranberry bread starts with a lemon cake mix

Q: I've misplaced a recipe I believe I cut from a cake mix box for a cranberry bread that was really good a...
DINNER IN MINUTES

A fast chicken dish with an Asian accent

Honey, ginger and soy sauce lend a sweet-savory flavor to today's quick-cooked chicken. A coating of sesame...
THE EDGY VEGGIE

A whole new twist on whole grain pasta
COOKBOOKS

Recipes will broaden your curry horizons

660 Curries: The Gateway to Indian Cooking. Raghavan Iyer. Workman Publishing. 816 pages. $22.95. Think cur...
LUNCHES

Fill brown bag with inspiration, not PB&J

Far too often, the most uninspired meal of the day is the one I eat sitting at my desk, juggling a sandwich...
LEMONS

Soaring prices may leave you feeling sour

For folks who make a living from lemons, sweetening up this sour news is going to be costly. The price of l...
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Boulders with faces enliven landscape of Miami estate

Beneath a lush canopy of exotic palm trees, standing guard before Harvey Oxenberg's designer home in Coconu...
HOME GYMS

Home gyms can blend with decor and fit into small spaces
Akzent's kitchen cabinets are handmade
FRUGAL DUCHESS

How to enrich your life for free

Public education takes on new meaning at many area stores and community centers. From decorative painting t...
DR. DOLITTLER

Ailing cat deserves treatment -- even if he's old

Q: We've got a 15-year-old cat named Copernicus. He'd been losing drastic amounts of weight recently in spi...
WATCH IT GROW

Anthurium's leaves change from green to maroon

Name: Bird's-nest anthurium Marie. Botanical name: Anthurium X `Marie'. Description: Hybridized by Miamian ...
PLANT CLINIC

Here's one way to recycle a newspaper

Q: I've heard that shredded newspaper can be used to combat nematodes. Is this true? A: I'm not familiar wi...
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