Knight-Ridder Tribune

Tim Gane, the guitarist and conceptual leader of Stereolab, has very specific ideas about songwriting. And almost all of them are downright un-songwriterlike. "It's not like I come to the...

Mustang turns 40 in May, and a restyled anniversary version of the car will come out later this year. Like a lot of new cars these days, particularly Fords, the...

Walk down a pharmacy aisle, and you'll see this on almost every home pregnancy kit--"ready to use first day of missed period" and "more than 99 percent accurate." But it...

In a perfect world, there would be just one frequent-flier program accumulating miles for us every time we boarded an airplane, checked into a hotel or plunked down a credit...

Sake isn't just an accompaniment to sushi anymore. The drink is getting new attention from an odd source: the beauty industry. Procter & Gamble has launched SK-II, an upscale skin-care...

Quick--name your favorite hot dog. A skinless, nitrite-free, 100 percent, grass-fed kosher beef dog? Now name your favorite hot dog bun. Come on, name it. Take another minute. Dog got...

April is National Pecan Month, and the industry is making a push to promote the delicious nut as a food naturally low in carbs and high in nutrients and vitamins....

Martin Brodeur has won three Stanley Cups. He recognizes when a goalie steals a game in the postseason. On Wednesday night after the Philadelphia Flyers pushed the defending Stanley Cup...

The commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East said Monday that he'd requested two more brigades of troops, perhaps as many as 14,000 soldiers, to help quell the worst...

Never mind that old-fashioned dictate about wanting people to remember you, not your clothes. This spring the fashion scene offers acres of prints that may overwhelm the most powerful style...