McClatchy-Tribune News Service

January - Make a list of projects you plan to complete during the year. Include small but important chores so you won't overlook them, and big projects so you can...

An exit poll carried out on behalf of a U.S. government-backed foundation indicates that Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki was defeated in last month's disputed election rather than being re-elected as...

Major League Baseball's power trio will be on Capitol Hill Tuesday, facing questions from the same congressional committee that essentially killed Mark McGwire's Hall of Fame candidacy almost three years...

The Magnetic Fields "DISTORTION" RATING: 3 EXCLAMATION POINTS Well, you can't say you weren't warned. The Magnetic Fields' new album "Distortion" is totally filled with, well, distortion. The fuzzy electric...

Author Bonnie Hearn Hill of Fresno was exchanging ideas via e-mail last summer with a friend writing a psychological thriller. The story involved a character's murder. "I think you need...

Actress Linda Cardellini thrives on chaos. "You don't get into this business to know your future, and there's part of you that loves the roller-coaster ride of the unknown," she...

As a teacher, Andrew Davies used to lecture on English literature. Not exactly your bodice-ripping, sword-flashing, adrenaline-pumping subject. But Davies managed to parlay that dry subject into glorious drama with...

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...

As U2's "One" piped over the assembly line, Karl Eberle showed off a motorcycle built at Harley-Davidson Kansas City plant. The Night Rod Special is sleek, sporty and all black....

Nicolas Cage never has wanted to repeat himself, at least when it comes to his selection of movie roles. The lack of film sequels on his resume is not from...