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They call it the "Fun Lake." With 54,000 acres of water, 1,150 miles of shoreline and fishing and boating opportunities from Gravois Mills to Camdenton, it's hard to argue that...

For as long as she can remember, Rhonna Marsden has preferred to date younger men. "I know they're not going to be fuddy-duddys," she says. "They're spontaneous. Fun. We just...

Come and get it: Washington's newest wilderness area, Wild Sky, is as pretty as it gets, with solitude, deep quiet and spectacular scenery and none of the hassles of crowds,...

Alyia D'Ambrosio, age 5, tied a rubber tourniquet on her patient's arm and searched for a vein. "Got it!" She inserted a needle for an IV -- a real needle...

Q: I don't know if it's because I am getting older or because they use such strange paper in magazines these days, but we recently moved to a new house...

Q: I don't know if it's because I am getting older or because they use such strange paper in magazines these days, but we recently moved to a new house...

When Andrew Bolt designed and installed landscaping at his Modesto, Calif., home, he also had workers put in an irrigation system that automatically waters the lawn, flowers, groundcover and bedding...

The first part of Mark and Constance Eddy's homeownership story is classic: In 1998 the newlyweds bought a "starter" home in a post-World War II subdivision in Prairie Village, Kan....

"We think Bella's bedroom is up there," Mike Gurling says, pointing to a second-story window. "When you read the book, this is the perfect image of how you picture Bella's...

The secret to successful hosting is something other than the special ingredient in your grandmother's marinara sauce: It's the white plate. Classic, clean and simple, "white dinnerware offers a blank...