People often complain that there are few jobs or other opportunities for young residents in Pittsburgh. That hasn't stopped several folks 30 and under from innovating on their own or making their own mark. (Today)

DEAR CAT: Every year my mother-in-law bakes dozens of kinds of holiday cookies for the family. This year, out of the first five cookies I sampled, I got two hairs in my mouth. (Today)

Q: I am in the process of getting married for the fourth time to a man who has been married twice before. Each of us is 65, and each of us has children by prior marriages, all of whom are grown. (Today)

Valentina W. Berexa has always had a beautiful soprano singing voice. But it was her teacher's voice that she used in her first job, working in a one-room schoolhouse. Mrs. Berexa, who turns 100 tomorrow, was born Jan. 7, 1909, in Kiev, Ukraine. (Today)

"So what was it?" It's a question I've been asked for the past 50-odd weeks ... by grocery clerks who recognize my name from a credit card, by waitresses and waiters and airline and hotel employees and bank tellers and gas-station attendants. (Yesterday)