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Couples, celebrate the way you like

A bitterly cold breeze swirled around outside an Upper West Side restaurant while my boyfriend and I sat inside eating dinner. He was smiling more than usual, and I knew why. Like any other type A person, I had my dream engagement planned out for years — a weekend getaway to the Big ...

This weekend’s puzzles — March 7-8, 2026

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Publisher’s Weekly US Best Sellers

— Publisher’s Weekly (week ending Feb. 28) Hardcover Fiction 1. “The Crossroads” by C.J. Box (Putnam) 2. “The Correspondent” by Virginia Evans (Crown) 3. “Kin” by Tayari Jones (Knopf) 4. “Cross and Sampson” by Patterson/Sitts (Little, Brown) 5. “Alchemised” by SenLinYu (Del Rey) 6. “The Widow” by John Grisham (Doubleday) 7. “My Husband’s Wife” by Alice Feeney (Pine & Cedar) 8. “The Astral Library” by Kate Quinn (Morrow) 9. “More Than Enough” by Anna Quindlen (Random House) 10. “Half His Age” by Jennette McCurdy ...

Rainy day blues

A pair of Penn State Altoona students share an umbrella as they walk in the rain along the campus Reflecting Pond on Thursday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Today’s puzzles: March 6, 2026

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Padma finds a new competitive kitchen

NEW YORK — Padma Lakshmi is back in the kitchen with a knives-out cooking competition, and this time the stakes are higher — for the contestants and for her. The former host of Bravo’s “Top Chef” lands on network prime time hosting and judging the CBS show “America’s Culinary ...