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Renovated Attic Provides Room to Roam, Construction Project Can Be Costly Because of Structural Issues That Must Be Addressed

It's that post-school, pre-dinner downtime at the Feeney house in Washington, so Griffin, 9, and his brother Aidan, 6, are hurling themselves on the black bean-bag chair again and again in their new attic playroom. This is why their dad, architect Bill Feeney, ripped the sloping roof off their center-hall Colonial, flat-topped the house into a four-level rectangle and endured six months of construction: He needed more room for boys to be boys.

Winners of Math Field Day Announced

Here are the results from this year's Math Field Day, which was held Feb. 17. Fourth Grade:

First Day of March a Wet One

Criticism of Rap Growing Within Hip-Hop World

NEW YORK - Maybe it was the umpteenth coke-dealing anthem or soft- porn music video. Perhaps it was the preening antics that some call reminiscent of Stepin Fetchit. The turning point is hard to pinpoint. But after 30 years of growing popularity, rap music is now struggling with an alarming sales decline and growing criticism from within about the culture's negative effect on society.

From Gymnast to Dentist

Her role model was Mary Lou Retton, not Dr. Teeth. But Christen Simpson, 27, has traded in the parallel bars for a dental drill after a successful collegiate career as a West Virginia University gymnast.

Concert Viewing a Snap with Youtube,: ; Footage Taken by Digital Cameras, Cell Phones; Finding Its Way Online

If you've been to a concert in recent years, you've seen the outstretched arms bearing digital cameras and cell phones that rise above the crowd like periscopes. Increasingly, the footage from those concertgoers is turning up online.

Supervisor Eats Employees Out of Candy, and Patience

DEAR ABBY: I have a co-worker who is always picking at everyone's food. At lunch or at break time, people hurry to eat before "Sam" comes into the lunchroom because he goes around helping himself to everyone's food.

Horoscope

FORECAST FOR SATURDAY eARIES (March 21-April 19). It nearly always shocks you when someone becomes angry at something you did for the sake of having fun or maintaining the peace. White lies are, after all, harmless - right? Well, at least your intentions are pure.