Knight-Ridder Tribune

Are you hard core? If you've recently added a Pilates-based routine to your exercise program, you could be, since Pilates focuses on the body's core (abdominals, lower back and spine)....

History may or may not repeat itself, but Hollywood certainly does. "Freaky Friday" and "Red Dragon," "Ocean's 11" and "Vanilla Sky," "Willard" and "Doctor Dolittle," "The Ring," "The Mummy" and...

Surf's up--though, truth is, it never really went flat. Thanks to the fascination with all things X-treme and last year's "Blue Crush," the femme surfing flick that exerted more influence...

Surf chic is one of the reigning looks of the season. On the populist end is Old Navy, which this spring introduced a line of swim trunks (above) influenced by...

Music has felt the surf influence, too. His cut on the soundtrack of the 1994's "Pulp Fiction" reignited interest in Dick Dale, king of the surf guitar, who has since...

The Book of Leviticus is often cited as clear proof that homosexual activity is forbidden. "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination,"...

Like Republicans and Democrats, Fox News boosters and CNN backers, "West Wing" fans are deeply divided these days. In one camp: the Aaron Sorkin stalwarts, certain that the show can't...

How long should basic auto parts last? There's obviously no simple answer to that question. But Kevin Schmerling of Havertown, Pa., is confident of this much: longer than 21,224 miles....

Their race wide open, Democrats running for president sparred Tuesday over trade and health-care policies in a debate before labor leaders pondering which candidate will be their champion. Though civil,...

When it comes to playing colorful con men and creeps, Joe Pantoliano is Mr. Natural. He's very, very good at playing very bad men. Pantoliano scored ultra-crime slime points in...