With Valentine's Day cards, flowers and diaper coupons presented, divorce lawyers will return to their offices today to deal with what is annually the heaviest flow of clients.It seems counterintuitive, with Cupid and romance in the air every mid-February, but many divorce lawyers say their busiest period for walk-in consultations generally comes in the first two or three months of the year. read more »

Michelle Pender, a teacher looking for diaper coupons, sees universal public preschool as a weight off the backs of middle-class Iowa parents who want a good start for their children but cannot afford tuition. Craig Hoeman sees a burden on taxpayers and the death knell for private preschools that are forced to compete with public schools.Hoeman and his wife, Jan, had hoped to sell Jan's Urbandale preschool and provide diaper coupons when she reti... read more »