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Dear Abby: Should I be concerned that my fiancé’s best friend is a serial cheater?

Nypost · · 578 words · By Dear Abby
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“Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that the column is carried on today by Jeanne Phillips, who owns the legal rights to the pen name Abigail Van Buren. This is further corroborated by multiple reports from the New York Post and mlive.com.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dear Abby is an American advice column founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips under the pen name "Abigail Van Buren" and carried on today by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now owns the legal rights t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pauline Esther Phillips (née Friedman; July 4, 1918 – January 16, 2013), also known as Abigail Van Buren, was an American advice columnist and radio show host who began the well-known Dear Abby newsp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Phillips
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wendie Malick (born December 13, 1950) is an American actress and former fashion model, known for her roles in various television comedies. She starred as Judith Tupper Stone in the HBO sitcom Dream O…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendie_Malick
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“Dear Abby... was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips”
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Wikipedia confirms that Dear Abby was founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips. This is also corroborated by multiple reports from the New York Post and mlive.com.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jeanne Phillips ( JEE-nee; born 1942), also known as Abigail Van Buren, is an American advice columnist who has written for the advice column Dear Abby since 2000. She was born in Minneapolis to Paul…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pauline Esther Phillips (née Friedman; July 4, 1918 – January 16, 2013), also known as Abigail Van Buren, was an American advice columnist and radio show host who began the well-known Dear Abby newsp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Phillips
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dear Abby is an American advice column founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips under the pen name "Abigail Van Buren" and carried on today by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now owns the legal rights t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Abby
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“Contact Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069”
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Three independent web sources (UExpress, Chicago Sun-Times, and mlive.com) all provide the identical contact information: DearAbby.com and P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, sociologist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Maria Isadora Bianca Soler Umali (Tagalog pronunciation: [ʊˈmali]; born March 2, 2000) is a Filipino actress, television host, singer, dancer, and model.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of Lollapalooza lineups, sorted by year. Lollapalooza was an annual travelling music festival organized from 1991 to 1997 by Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell. The concept was reviv…
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