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Ask Amy

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DEAR AMY: I’m having a difficult time remaining friends with one of my buddies.

‘Falling in love with somebody . . . you’ve never met’

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Casey Guadagnini’s grandfather — the one she considered “dad number two” — had just passed away in the early summer of 2007 when she began spending a lot of time on Facebook. Dave Smalley, the longtime basketball coach at the U.S. Naval Academy, had been the one to teach her to drive and play basketball when Guadagnini’s father, a rear admiral, had to be away on duty.

Online sites allow lovelorn to commiserate over bad dates, get dating advice

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After eight years of trying to find Mr. Right, 26-year-old Irene Vivenzio of Waldorf is done with online dating.

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The details: Casey Guadagnini and Matt Lockwood wedding

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Casey Guadagnini and Matt Lockwood were both raised on the water — though on different sides of the Atlantic — so they chose Celebrations at the Bay, in Pasadena, Md., for their wedding and reception. Their 130 guests gathered on the venue’s dock and they were wed by a Navy chaplain on March 6, the first sun-filled Saturday of the season.

After ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ adventures in La-La Land suit Matt Lucas

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LOS ANGELES — Shortly before the London premiere of “Alice in Wonderland,” a special screening was held at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood and the lucky fans who attended were giddy to see celebrities in the crowd, such as Crispin Glover, the film’s villain, who slouched down in a front-row seat, and “Star Trek” leading man Chris Pine, who was all smiles and handshakes.

Salman Ahmad, lead singer of Pakistani band Junoon, talks Sufism, jihad and peace

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His band is called Junoon. In Urdu, that means “obsessive passion” — the kind that drives Pakistani rock star Salman Ahmad, often called the Bono of South Asia. The word “junoon” comes from the root “majnun,” which means “totally crazy,” going by Ahmad’s translation. In “The Arabian Nights,” he says, Majnun is a character who falls madly in love with Laila, the inspiration behind the “Layla” in Eric Clapton’s song about crazy passion.

Carolyn Hax: Clues to couple’s future are in the here and now

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Dear Carolyn:

A fertile documentary and a sterile comedy

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The very notion of fatherhood begins on a scale so tiny it has to be measured in microns. It’s where babies come from, some of whom get roles as sitcom children, but we’ll get to that, after some learnin’ about sperm.

Ky-Mani Marley says book distorts his story as Bob Marley’s illegitimate son

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MIAMI — A son of Bob Marley has written his memoir, an arresting narrative about life as the exiled child of a musical and social icon.