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Children love prizes and fuzzy animals, right? The North Dakota shepherding industry is counting on it. In a move meant to promote youthful interest in a career field that could...

Manorexia. Orthorexia. Diabulimia. Binge eating disorder. All are dangerous variations on the eating disorders anorexia and bulimia, and have become buzzwords that are popping up on Web sites and blogs,...

Kristin Lund and her husband, Peter Coccoluto, did not have the nerve to stand up to their architect. They had selected her from the seven they interviewed as the best...

"I have a little spiel I like to give about thread," Natalie Chanin said. "The ladies laugh at me and call it my Oprah moment, but here's how it goes:...

Joseph R. Egan, a nuclear engineer-turned-lawyer who led Nevada's legal campaign to block a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain, died May 7 at his home in Naples, Fla. He...

Consumer prices edged up slightly in April, but far more slowly than many economists had expected, the government reported Wednesday, lending credence to the view that a slowing economy is...

As a young migrant worker, Lei Gailing sought her fortune in China's fast-industrializing and freewheeling south. She found a steady factory job and a less-stable boyfriend, then became pregnant. The...

As they seek ways to offset the downturn in home sales, real estate and mortgage brokers have recently started courting first-time buyers among the newly engaged -- at wedding expos...

It is cleaner than a smoking Beetle. Quieter than a roaring Mini. Able to leap through carpool lanes with a single occupant. But the Prius, car du jour among Hollywood...

For those who don't like to drool, slur their speech or unknowingly bite their tongue after a visit to the dentist, help might be at hand. A small drug company...