Knight Ridder Tribune

For those who think a clean apple is one we've rubbed against blue-jean shorts, Barbara Gollman offers this food for thought: wax. "To me, that's the most disturbing thing," says...

Two mornings before her wedding, at a time when many brides would be dashing off to the hair salon or the florist, Belkys Garcia spent four hours in role-playing exercises...

Jeanne Woodford's mother wanted her to look outside the parameters of typical women's work for a career. But she probably never expected her daughter to be the first woman warden...

Alvin Davis, 59, has a close-up view of what happens as people age. The Boca Raton, Fla., resident's 98-year-old mother needs someone to stay with her full-time and has spent...

For months the two men ran in parks around the area. No one seemed to notice the blue nylon strap tethering them together. No one seemed to notice the small...

The colors have faded and the cloth is torn, but war veteran Gordon McCoy handles the 56-year-old American flag like a precious jewel. If he stares long enough at the...

Good news! You can choose pink packets instead of blue to sweeten your tea! Guiltlessly drink Kroger's cranberry-juice cocktail! Brush your teeth or rinse your mouth without fear of cancer!...

A Lucent Technologies engineer powers up his Palm Pilot to play games during a company lecture. At upscale Spago restaurant in Palo Alto, a food fight nearly erupts when one...

Not many people would associate professional golfers with fitness. In his prime, Arnold Palmer was fairly athletic-looking but always had a cigarette dangling from his lips. The young Jack Nicklaus...

For many people, the core of the American Dream is making their first million dollars, and perhaps even several more. But as the number of overnight millionaires increases, people are...