Cox News Service

When we wanted to know what had happened in the world while we worked, we sat down to dinner with Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings or Dan Rather. For the last...

Now is the perfect time to get expert advice for holiday cooking. Whether you crave reassurance, elegance or a kick in the apron, there's a celebrity chef sure to suit...

This is what the legend says: In 1924, a professor in Japan named Ueno adopted a 3-month-old Akita puppy. He named the dog Hachiko, Hachi for short, and would take...

According to the U.S. Energy Department, a typical dishwasher uses about 700 to 850 kilowatts of electricity a year, putting it in the same energy consumption league with a clothes...

It will be 50 years before the pay of women matches that of men and another century will pass before women make up half of the U.S. Congress, a report...

Forget heart disease, diabetes and back problems. Researchers have identified a consequence of obesity that might finally get people's attention: sexual problems. Obesity greatly impairs sexual quality of life for...

Like the melon-sized pods in the cult movie "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" that consumed every person they touched, millions of green mold spores are wafting unseen around our homes,...

If you are looking for a "prince," scratch Thomas Spravka off your list. "If I see, `Princess looking for a prince,' I stop right there," said Spravka, a member of...

Why do supermarkets insist on stocking milk in the back corner? Kizer & Bender knows. Why do so many stores push frequent-buyer cards? Kizer & Bender knows. And why do...

Two of America's oldest names in retailing, Sears and Kmart, will combine in a $11 billion merger that will make them the nation's No. 3 retailer. The question some may...