Knight-Ridder Tribune

After five seasons, it's become rote. January comes. Millions of viewers turn twice, sometimes three times a week to Fox to watch "American Idol." In May, millions more will buy,...

If you were a superhero, what would you look like? Would you wear a mask like Spider-Man or don a cape like Batman? Would you wear your trousers over your...

During a JetBlue flight from New York to Miami over Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, Elizabeth Gould stopped eating and looked at the potato chip in her hand. The chip...

Vowing to break America's "addiction" to foreign oil, President Bush called Tuesday for cutting oil imports from the Middle East by 75 percent over the next 20 years. "America is...

Looking for something to pass the time? Leave it to the folks who gave us Post-It Notes to save the day. "Post-It Boredom Busters" ($7.95, Amazon.com) is loaded with make-it-yourself...

After several delayed release dates, "Animal Crossing: Wild World" finally has arrived. This is a role-playing game in an animal-infested world. You start by putting in information about yourself, and...

A Ft. Lauderdale comic-book collector says he has proof the spider-pit scene rumored to be missing from the original 1933 "King Kong" was never shot. Warren Reece, owner of Chamber...

Actor Tony Shalhoub, who plays the obsessive-compulsive sleuth on USA's "Monk," isn't finicky about anything. Anything, that is, except the kitchen. "The kitchen is a big problem," he nods. "I'm...

Nothing to do once school lets out for the day? Don't just sit there, check out Afterschool Scene (www.afterschoolscene.com) and discover the wide range of activities absorbing other kids. Each...

En route to the dressing room, Lily Feingold and Brittany Garrison, both 11, barely glanced at the nearly nude mannequin in her red tasseled bra and high-cut panties at Victoria's...