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Cold getting you down? Here`s a roundup of goodies for those planning or even thinking about seeking relief in Florida. COUPONS TO GO No Florida-bound motorist should be without Florida...

Shortly after Ohio University Professor Melvin Helitzer started the first U.S. college course on writing humor, he got a note from the campus president. ''He said, `I want to congratulate...

Metric conversion, the notion that whiskey should be measured in liters and first downs in meters, is making slow but measurable gains in the United States. So say supporters of...

Dusk settled over Biscayne Bay as the two visiting sheriff`s deputies climbed into their rental car and headed out into the steamy city, out into the night. Officers Scott Bieler...

If you liked the deeply discounted Thanksgiving air fare specials, you may love January and February. Industry analysts forecast continued rounds of fare wars in early 1986 as major airlines...

Why do rutabagas and turnips remind us of the time when Grandma was queen of the family kitchen and huge pots always were steaming on the back of the stove?...

A new, improved miniature pig soon may be rooting its way into research labs as scientists look for ways to stop experimenting on America`s sacred cow --the dog. Charles River...

High technology is revamping the specialty of technical drafting, an ancient craft with methods that haven`t changed much since the invention of the T-square and compass. For 35-year-old draftsman Duane...

Prospectors with drills and X-ray equipment are searching for diamonds around Crystal Falls in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, but no boom-town euphoria is sweeping the tiny community. Its 2,000...

If Poles wouldn`t laugh so much, they`d cry. Life under Communist rule and economic hardship releases a stream of one- liners poking fun at the nation`s leaders or social systems....