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Move over, mums, there's a new kid in town. The aster has been mounting its sneak attack as the late summer/fall perennial of choice, and it isn't about to leave...

Q. My front door is solid wood with a solid storm door. The main door fit snugly for some years, but recently it has developed a large gap on the...

David Jones, a cerebral and versatile British-born director who worked on projects as esoteric as the neglected plays of Maxim Gorky, as admired as the films "84 Charing Cross Road"...

Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska and Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware politely sparred on Thursday night over the economy, Iraq and social issues in a vice presidential debate in which...

Marc Raeff, a Russian emigre who came to the United States at 18, served in the Army during World War II and became one of the country's leading scholars of...

When it comes to household repairs, you win some, you lose some. The Mighty Putty epoxy stick successfully fixed one item around my house but left another wobbly and unusable....

Miroslav Havel, a glass blower, cutter, engraver, designer, polisher and sculptor who was one of a pair of unlikely Czech immigrants to Ireland who together revived the Waterford glass industry...

As sisters only four months apart, Julie and Sara Curry grew up being peppered with questions from confused classmates. Your mom was in labor for four months? asked one friend,...

Alessandra Canario approached the restaurant table, her eyes as round as pie tins. Turning to her younger sister, she hissed: "That's Michael Kors, Sabrina, don't you know? He's that guy...

Five years ago, Tracy and Sushe Felix lived in what many people would consider an idyllic Western setting. Theirs was a 1899 Victorian, nestled into the side of a mountain...