By DEBORAH SHERWOOD BBC bosses asked Mike Reid's widow to approve the tear-jerking funeral of his EastEnders character before it was screened.

By Jake Batsell, The Dallas Morning News Feb. 12--PLANO -- Meet Michele Carey-Dave, suburban mom and self-proclaimed tree-hugger. She rinses out Ziploc bags and reuses them. She hauls groceries in cloth sacks.