Knight-Ridder Tribune

Let me tell you something about Esme Raji Codell: Her mom helped her egg an illegally parked car, her school taught her disco dancing and ice-cream making instead of math...

Didn't have any time to check my teeth for stray bits of spinach. Didn't have any time to check my personality for stray bits of angst. I was running late...

Asian Americans have a long, rich history in the United States. But it's a story you probably don't learn too much about in school. The Web site "Ancestors in the...

Anna Ayala: suspected con artist, bane to Wendy's restaurants, and inspiration to others. When publicity broke over her claim that she bit into a finger in her bowl of chili,...

Who's in it: Matthew McConaughey, Penelope Cruz, Steve Zahn What it's about: Master explorer Dirk Pitt (McConaughey) embarks on a treasure hunt through North Africa searching for "The Ship of...

Poppy Montgomery has a sharp perspective on Samantha Spade, the FBI agent she portrays on CBS' "Without a Trace." "She's very driven," says the Australian-born actress. "She loves what she...

They just needed a third guitarist, but in Jason Isbell, the Drive-By Truckers got a whole lot more. After completing their audacious double album "Southern Rock Opera" in 2001, singer-guitarists...

Who the pundits think the Bears will take with the fourth pick ... Cedric Benson, RB, Texas If Braylon Edwards is available, he won't get past the Bears. Otherwise, they'll...

Supergroups, it seems, are not meant for the ages. The term took hold in the '70s as a way to describe the unholy alliances formed when packs of egotistical rock...

You may not know just how much sugar and spice goes into making a little girl, but thanks to Klutz, everything you need to make your own itty-bitty doll fits...