Ft. Worth Star-Telegram

Neighbors were secret police informers. Grandmother was a notorious Communist Party hack known as "the red countess." And communism itself "was like an old dragon that would occasionally crawl out...

West Virginia jockey Gary Birzer can't recall the second horse that ran over him July 20. Birzer was riding Lil Bit of Rouge in the seventh race at Mountaineer Race...

A study of the pre-entries for the Breeders' Cup could spark a quality-vs.-quantity debate. The pre-entries, which are the basis for the tentative fields for the eight Breeders' Cup races,...

On one sideline Saturday in Lubbock, Texas, you'll find blue-chip quarterbacks stacked two deep, with one waiting for the other to provide him an opportunity for playing time. Across the...

No one gave much thought to the pillowy gridlock of gray clouds overhead. Nor to the late-afternoon drizzle that barely dampened the practice field at Grapeland High School. Lightning? None...

Don't tip in New Zealand because the employer is considered to be responsible for workers' wages. In Austria, "going Dutch" is preferred unless it's a special occasion. To greet someone...

Ellery Pierce is a scientist working for a company that manufactures "animatronic creatures for movie studios and theme parks." He has had no success in marriages and relationships, yet longs...

As the title of Carl Lennertz's "Cursed by a Happy Childhood: Tales of Growing Up Then and Now" (Random House, 224 pages, $19.95) suggests, this is not one of those...

Thank goodness for 83-year-old Ray Bradbury. One of America's finest storytellers is back with "The Cat's Pajamas" (Morrow, 256 pages, $24.95), a book of 21 short stories and one poem...

Since musician Carnie Wilson lost 150 pounds after undergoing gastric bypass surgery in 1999, obese adults have been lining up at bariatric clinics across the country, this year reaching an...