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Let's face it, carpeted kitty condos, the ones with the stairs, ramps, scratching posts and cubby holes, have all the aesthetic appeal of tires hanging from ropes at a primate...

When the federal government announced in February that it would no longer use travel trailers to house the victims of future disasters, there was an initial sense of relief along...

South Africa's president played down the unsettled political situation in Zimbabwe after meeting Saturday with Zimbabwe's embattled leader, Robert Mugabe, who refused to attend a regional summit on the crisis....

Arturo Vivante, the author of more than 70 short stories for The New Yorker -- many set in the Tuscan hills of his native Italy and most bringing a delicate...

The house is off-limits to children, and adults are asked to sign a waiver when they enter. The main concern is the concrete floor, which rises and falls like the...

Parents will have to navigate unfamiliar and difficult terrain when it comes time to pay for college this year, with student loan companies in turmoil and banks tightening their standards...

Have you thought about your refrigerator's condenser coils lately? Spent any time with your dryer hoses this week? The answer is likely no, since we tend to think about these...

Parents will have to navigate unfamiliar and difficult terrain when it comes time to pay for college this year, with student loan companies in turmoil and banks tightening their standards...

Sixteen nautical miles from the Indian River Inlet and about 80 feet below, a building boom is under way at the Red Bird Reef. One by one, a backhoe operator...

Zimbabwe's authorities have arrested the lawyer for opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, the main opposition party said Friday, intensifying the nation's political crisis as reports emerged that the government had banned...