McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Time was when everyone retired debt-free, or at least without a mortgage. Now many people retire while still paying that monthly home-loan bill. But should you? The short answer, according...

The U.S. military's long, storied love affair with tobacco may be doomed. The Pentagon, which actively promoted smoking during the two world wars and still subsidizes tobacco at PXs and...

Jamie Foxx is all over the place. The Oscar-winning actor, comedian and radio host is taking his Blame It Tour on a 50-city trek to prove he's serious about his...

What's up with Snoop Dogg, who will perform at Grant Park in Chicago on Aug. 9? Always the busy man, Snoop e-mailed in his answers to our questions. Read on...

A brunet saunters down a Paris runway in the Emanuel Ungaro fall/winter '09 show, her cheeks matte, her lids mostly naked and her lips simultaneously orange and pink. Will the...

College students love their iPhones, BlackBerries and laptops. But when it comes to textbooks, it's still a paper world. Even as students complain textbooks are bulky, expensive, quickly outdated and...

Eating carrots to improve eyesight is an old wives' tale that's off base. Carrots are nutritious, but the best foods for improving eye health are those with the antioxidants lutein...

Margaret Cho knows a thing or two about negative body image. That's what attracted her to her latest endeavor, Lifetime's new series "Drop Dead Diva," premiering Sunday. Cho plays the...

Grounded by delays or missed connections, it's possible to spend hours waiting for a flight at an airport. But when boredom arrives at the gate, common sense often departs. That's...

We couldn't do without the sun. It keeps us warm, fuels photosynthesis so we have spinach to eat and helps our bodies make vitamin D. We couldn't see across the...