Emilie Le Beau

With just two days left until Valentine's Day, the selection at some stores may be weak. Even though it's last minute, there's no need to resort to a $5 box...

Oh, please. All those sappy television commercials suggest that guys should buy women flowers and teddy bears for Valentine's Day. That makes great sense for men who are married or...

Sadly single? Unfairly dumped? Totally dreading Valentine's Day? Whatever. It's a Hallmark holiday, anyway. Not everyone feels the love on Feb. 14. This year, forget the sweet chocolates, bouquets of...

Ice cubes floating in beer. That was the reason Jean Smith started chatting with a man outside a Singapore cafe. He explained that the ice kept his brew cold in...

Many tourists claim they've been to Chicago. But have they been to your Chicago? Most tourists don't visit Uptown, says Allison L., 14, who lives in that North Side neighborhood....

It's New Year's Day, and you're just starting to read that haul of books you received last month. Besides learning more, curling up with a good book can be relaxing...

It could have happened to anyone. After a mind-numbing day of jury duty, I got stuck in a turnstile at the Clark and Lake elevated train stop. Trapped between those...

Heiress and reality star Paris Hilton's favorite catchphrase, "That's hot," caught on in 2005. Hilton, however, is yesterday's news. Her show "A Simple Life" was bumped off network TV and...

Forget memorizing lines for the next Harry Potter movie, English actress Emma Watson has some serious homework to finish. Watson, 15, plays Hermione in the "Harry Potter" movies and will...

Hurled hairbrushes, slung insults and door slamming. Sounds like a confrontation between enemies, but these admissions of aggression were from women interviewed about their domestic life by Loreen Olson, a...