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Close in spirit while half a world apart, two female American astronauts prepared Wednesday to command separate missions that should bring them together in Earth orbit. The encounter between Peggy...

We were four hours out of Lisbon at the start of a 10-day voyage to Ft. Lauderdale when Crystal Serenity cruise director Gary Hunter greeted passengers in the ship's theater....

Women who date online are likely to take precautions to protect their personal safety when first meeting a man face-to-face, but often are much less careful about protecting their sexual...

Country crooners have a long history of corny come-ons, and Brad Paisley leads our list. Brad Paisley, 'Ticks' "'Cause I'd like to see you out in the moonlight. And I'd...

Cowboy crooners wax eloquent when it comes to heartbreak. Tears land in beers, women fall to pieces, and "He Stopped Loving Her Today" inspires marrow-deep melancholy even decades later. Before...

The phone lines are open. Today's topic is sensitive, Radio Saigon Houston host Vu Thanh Thuy says into the mic in her balmy voice. To dip. And dip the same...

Impatient. Defensive. Emotional. Incoherent. Then-astronaut Lisa Nowak is all those things in a four-hour video, released Friday, of her stay in a holding cell after her arrest at Orlando's airport...

Impatient. Defensive. Emotional. Incoherent. Then-astronaut Lisa Nowak is all these things in a four-hour video, released Friday, of her stay in a holding cell after her arrest at Orlando's airport...

The go-go days of housing are losing some of their gusto. Houston-area home starts and closings fell in the second quarter, as the subprime mortgage meltdown continued to squelch demand...

Before Stephanie Toussaint graduated from college, she got a tattoo -- featuring a small letter "S" with a crown above it -- on the outside of her left ankle. It...