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As I’ve mentioned before, I am a two-time Auburn graduate, and I have had Auburn football season tickets since 1993. My sweet husband Mike, also an Auburn fan, has been buying tickets with me since 2005, the year we married. As Auburn fans, we recently had a very cool...

OPINION — In the 1972 movie “The Candidate,” Robert Redford plays an idealistic first-time candidate for the U.S. Senate. He ran a long-shot campaign and defeated a three-term Republican. After his win, the Redford character grabbed his campaign manager for a private...

BY ANN CIPPERLY Tall, delicious, homemade cakes are the centerpiece of many Christmas desserts that have become family traditions passed from one generation to another, with most being handwritten. Whether they are red velvet, coconut or chocolate, they are lovingly...

My earliest memory is of a record player. It sat in my mother’s bedroom. Sometimes, she would play records for me. In one particular memory, she holds me in her arms and we dance to Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. The tune is “Girl from Ipanema.” Then, she turns...