Leigh Behrens

Families with members serving in the military in the Persian Gulf will benefit from cut-a-thon Sunday at hair salons in Chicago and Deerfield. All Proceeds from beauty and other salon...

Products for and information on creating and ensuring a healthy lifestyle are available through the SelfCare Catalog. Aimed at providing products to bolster both the body and mind, the California-based...

Tougher economic times have forced employers to re-evaluate their staffing needs. Accordingly, to ensure that they hire the best candidates, companies are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their interviewing techniques. ''They`re...

The non-profit National Arbor Day Foundation is giving 10 free trees to each person who joins the foundation this month. The assorted trees-including maple, pine and oak-will be sent in...

Big news for the small of stature: Being short may boost longevity. That`s the conclusion of a study conducted at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio. There, researcher Dennis Miller examined...

You succumbed to the seduction of seasonal spending, and now the new year has brought you mail filled with indisputable evidence that you overdid it. Don`t despair. A non-profit financial...

Something her father told her when she was 8 has stayed with Agnes Davis: ''He said `Whatever you want to do, if the man across the street can do it,...

Now it`s possible to have the home security of barking dogs without the responsibility of feeding and walking. Canines on Cassette is a continuous loop tape of barking dogs aimed...

It`s a touchy subject: Parents and experts part company when it comes to disciplining children. More than half of the former believe that spanking children is OK, while the latter...

The Chicago-based National Anti-Vivisection Society has published a guide to cruelty-free cosmetics and other personal care products. The publication lists products and manufacturers that do not do animal testing, as...