McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Bryan Mnemonic can fly. His suit never wrinkles, and his chiseled body never bruises -- not even if he crashes into trees. Bryan Carter wishes he could afford Mnemonic's diamond...

Bob Mould says he has lightened up. In fact, he emphatically insists upon it. After nearly three decades of hearing Mould play frosty, downtrodden, bitter-pill music -- going back to...

Screen doors and dogs usually don't mix. You know the scene: Jake wants out, gets impatient for the door to open and charges through the screen. Luckily, screens on windows...

To get picture-perfect, long-lasting results on your home's exterior, Debbie Zimmer of the Rohm & Haas Paint Quality Institute offers four basic rules: Prep the surface Anyone who has ever...

Federal prosecutors in Miami have appealed the sentences of Jose Padilla and two other men convicted of conspiring to provide "material support" for the global terrorist group Al Qaeda. Prosecutors...

Adolescents and preteens are swearing more publicly than ever, especially at school, experts say. It's conversational swearing -- in the hallways and in the classroom -- that is on the...

Eat your Chia Pet. Help your heart? Some researchers think so -- prompting distributors of the tiny seeds used to sprout the pets' iconic frizzy green hair to tout them...

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 fashion runway and into our...

Though she's been acting since she was 7, Christina Ricci is convinced she's a late bloomer. "I feel like it took me a really long time to get to where...

Q: We applied to our condominium homeowners association to put a solar water heater on our roof, and they just notified me that they have turned down our request. I...