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As is so often the case, Raymond Chandler said it best, and with a becoming generosity: Dashiell Hammett "did over and over again what only the best writers can ever...

Sure, you can skip the fries with that burger. And now you can hold the antibiotics and growth hormones too. A small but growing number of casual restaurants are wooing...

We take glass windows for granted most of the time, but when you stop to think about it they're one of the things that make life pleasant. They let in...

Britain's Prince Charles said Thursday that he will marry his companion, Camilla Parker Bowles, once scorned by much of the British public as the woman who contributed to the breakdown...

On a recent episode of "The West Wing," lame-duck President Bartlet and his loyal right-hand man, Leo McGarry, are quietly discussing how they want to spend their final year in...

The world nearly lost a peculiar piece of Mexico's cultural tradition this week after the government, without regard to drinkers anywhere, targeted the worm at the bottom of the mezcal...

If you've got a home remodeling project in mind, chances are you're thinking that the time to get the work done won't come until winter is over. But the truth...

There are two areas of home repair for which a lot of people fear to tread: wiring and plumbing. Many homeowners are afraid of electrocuting themselves or burning down their...

SOCIAL SECURITY Bush proposed individual retirement accounts that would allow workers to shift up to one-third of their Social Security payroll taxes into stock market investments. He did not say...

You've entered the grocery maze. The bakery's fresh-from-the-oven smells get you as you enter the store. You pick up doughnuts, even though they're not on your shopping list--or your diet....