Knight-Ridder Tribune

Getting word that a stock you own has split is usually great news. But in some cases a stockholder may not find out about a split until well after the...

Consider this: One-third of American children are obese. According to several studies, as many as 40 percent of kids between the ages of 5 and 8 already show at least...

It shimmers. It bobbles. It wriggles so unpredictably that it seems guided by its own laws of physics. But once you accept the mysterious qualities of this odder-than-odd substance, one...

Jim Paul tried to whistle for his dog, but he couldn't pucker. Odd, but no reason for concern, he thought. But over the next nine months, as his speech became...

There's no shortage of pundits who are predicting that the Federal Reserve Board will raise interest rates next week. Robert Dederick of the Northern Trust Bank in Chicago is not...

The Olympic torch is running into trouble as it makes its way from Olympia, Greece, to Los Angeles and through 42 states. The latest hot spot is Greenville County, S.C.,...

After winning Cannes prizes and an Oscar nomination for his breakthrough debut, "sex, lies and videotape," Steven Soderbergh created "Kafka," a title that has since become almost synonymous with "sophomore...

On the off chance that science ever discovers a "crime gene," such a gene would play such a small role in determining behavior as to be largely irrelevant to crime...

If your child is under age 10, don't expect him or her to assume full responsibility for a pet. "Most kids are not prepared to take charge until they are...

If your child is under age 10, don't expect him or her to assume responsibility for a pet. "Most kids are not prepared to take charge until they are at...