Anne Stein

By Mile 16 of this year's Chicago Marathon, first-timer Laura Durden was convinced her day was over. The 44-year-old mother of two had walked the long, hot course with a...

We chatted with NBA All-Star and Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neal recently at the United Center, just before the Heat took on the Bulls. Here's what the big man (7...

The timing of Los Angeles filmmaker Brooke Keesling's breast reduction couldn't have been better. Done before she started her master's degree in animation in 1997, it was the perfect topic...

For a woman living in the early 1700s, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who traveled to Turkey with her husband, Ambassador Edward Wortley Montagu, was fairly racy. "The tunes so soft!...

They are two women in their 60s, both wives and mothers, with a history of political involvement. But Jane Roberts and Lois Abraham didn't learn of one another until July,...

She has played catch with the Cubs' Sammy Sosa and mingled with baseball greats Cal Ripken and Robin Yount. But it was the way she tossed the ball to Seattle...

The Prostate Diet Cookbook By Buffy Sanders Harbor Press, 278 pages, $23.95 When Ward Sanders was diagnosed with prostate cancer, as 180,000 American men are each year, his wife looked...

Is My Dog OK? By Dr. Jeff Nichol Prentice Hall Press, 288 pages, $14 Is My Cat OK? By Dr. Jeff Nichol Prentice Hall Press, 288 pages, $14 If you're...

Smart-Wiring Your Baby's Brain By Winifred Conkling Quill, 160 pages, $12 If a new or future baby is taking up more of your time than Fido or Ginger, "Smart-Wiring Your...

Cure Edited by Kristen Couse Marlowe & Company, 320 pages, $13.95 It's almost difficult to read more than one story at a time from "Cure," a remarkable collection edited by...