McClatchy-Tribune News Service

How long has it been since you've gone to the dentist? This is a story about people who climbed into the seat of their fears and opened wide. For 30...

The stuff that put the gloss on your Mary Janes is now adding a little glitz to the home. Patent leather has sauntered off the runway and into our living...

A couple of years ago, before they were reborn as acoustic act Hoots & Hellmouth, Sean Hoots and Andrew Gray had grown weary of what Hoots calls "the rock 'n'...

Stars: They're just like us! No, they're really not. But in one regard at least we are becoming more like them: Airbrushed makeup -- long the secret of actors, models...

Stars: They're just like us! No, they're really not. But in one regard at least we are becoming more like them: Airbrushed makeup -- long the secret of actors, models...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she won't back down under pressure from wealthy party donors on her insistence that the Democratic Party must select a presidential nominee based on results...

Ingrid Michaelson may have one of the hottest songs in the country, but that doesn't mean she's comfortable with the red-carpet treatment. Less than a month into her first tour...

SOUTH REGIONAL No. 1 Memphis (35-1) vs. No. 5 Michigan State (27-8) 8:57 p.m., Houston Things to know: Expect to see a lot of defense. Michigan State has a lot...

It's hip to be twisty these days. Compact fluorescent light bulbs are praised as energy-efficient and environmentally friendly. They're also the wave of the future -- the U.S. government recently...

Go ahead, just try to find someone who has uttered a discouraging word about Tilly and the Wall, an indie-pop band from Omaha that often uses a tap dancer in...