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DEAR AMY: I’ve been married for 28 years and have experienced neglect, drunkenness, narcissism, neediness and insecurity from my husband. I quit drinking a year ago and have become active in AA and I go to an Al-Anon meeting. I’ve also experienced the loss of my father this year. My mother is in a care center with dementia. When I’m home, I don’t want to talk with my husband or be around him. We aren’t intimate, which burns him, but I can’t even think about it when I don’t trust him or really even like him. I decided I’d rather go without sex the rest of my life than have to do it when I don’t want to. (I used to do it to keep the peace.) He quit drinking two months ago and is going to church,

Dear Liz, I finally got fed up with my job and started job hunting. Six weeks went by and I didn’t get one response. I was really surprised because I know my skills are current and it’s not that easy to find people with my experience. Finally I heard from a recruiter. He was really helpful. He said, “Are you getting much response from employers?” I said, “No, honestly I’m not.” He said, “I showed your resume to two of my clients. They like your background but they’re concerned about one thing.” I said, “What is it?” He said, “It’s your location.” I’m applying for jobs in the city. It’s about 45 miles from my driveway to the center of the city. “My clients are afraid to hire people who live so

Moscow will equip Syria's armed forces with S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems, Russian officials have reportedly said, raising the prospect of fresh tensions in the region. The Kremlin, which in previous years had bowed to Israeli pressure to not supply the systems to Damascus, has threatened to change its stance after U.S. and U.K.-led attacks on Syria earlier this month, in reaction to an alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma. Military officials told the newspaper Kommersant that Russia would give air defense systems to Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad free of charge, adding that Israel would suffer “catastrophic consequences” if it targeted them.