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Avocado lovers rejoice. That tropical, pear-shaped fruit can now be found fresh in stores year-round. Currently it`s the dark, pebbly skinned Haas avocado you`re seeing, but the Fuerte, the winter...

Huddled masses of travelers yearning to visit Manhattan during the July 4 Liberty Weekend may breathe free: There are still hotel rooms despite earlier reports that virtually everything is booked....

Lead paint doesn`t attract the headlines it received 20 years ago but it still poses a health hazard in many older homes and renovators must be careful in removing the...

In the great rhythm-and-blues tradition of powerful male vocalists with military names--Major Lance, General Johnson, Gary ''U.S.'' Bonds, ''G.I.'' Joe Tex--we now have Colonel Abrams. And before it`s all sung...

Boredom shows signs of becoming interesting. A handful of academic researchers studying mood are finding links between boredom and personality, alcohol use and job satisfaction. Constant complaints of boredom can...

Every game or business has its slang--colorful code words that may sound ridiculous but serve a useful purpose. Frequent repetition makes the jargon tiresome, but it enables one to talk...

When it comes to the relationship between man, gorilla and chimpanzee, Morris Goodman doesn`t monkey around. ''No matter where you look on the genetic chain, the three of us are...

Calvin Klein does not think imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. To show how upset he is, he is suing the company that paid him the compliment. Parfums de...

Now it`s Rose Kennedy`s turn. For years the matriarch of the Kennedy clan has escaped most of the slings and arrows directed at the rest of her family. Well, here...

Who would think that a simple subject like care and feeding of a lawn could provoke such controversy? But it has, thanks to a lawn disease formerly referred to as...