Knight-Ridder Tribune

Some things never change. Skin is still in. So when you set out on your shopping excursion for this summer's hottest bathing suits, chuck the pareo. "The two-piece is really...

Too many trips to the bakery? All is forgiven. All can be hidden, too, if you know the right kind of swimsuit for your body type. Here, Jodi Randolph, head...

Who's in it: Kevin Hart, Snoop Dogg, K.D. Aubert, Method Man, Gary Anthony Williams, Mo'Nique What it's about: After winning $100 million in a legal settlement, Nashawn (Hart) uses the...

Cork is hip. Linoleum is back. Bamboo is the new alternative to hardwood. All three are earth-friendly flooring options made from renewable resources or waste materials. More consumers are making...

Sorry folks: We're at least partly to blame for the ongoing pain at the gas pump. Like it or not, we're burning more gas than ever before. Consumption has jumped...

Erlend Oye DJ Kicks Erlend Oye's entry into the "DJ Kicks" series leans toward German "microhouse" cuts, but what makes the album rewarding is that Oye vocalizes atop many of...

Who's in it: Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, Elena Anaya, David Wenham What it's about: In the late 19th Century, monster hunter Dr. Gabriel Van Helsing is summoned to...

There's no doubt that Loretta Lynn, the coal miner's daughter from Butcher "Holler," Ky., is today's hipster country goddess. But even after 40 years as a musical legend, she dismisses...

As hot hobbies go, container gardening is sizzling. The number of container gardeners has more than doubled over the last five years, the National Gardening Association says, with 26 million...

When a small crystal wine glass falls to a hard floor, it seems to become a giant pot as millions of glass pieces scatter to every corner of the room....