Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Lennette Kistner thought she was just weeks away from buying a 65-acre farm in Stoystown, Pa. With the closing date set for Oct. 22, Kistner, 32, who already owns a...

In Ohioview Acres, a gate is not just a gate. In fact, depending on who you talk to, it is a cage, a prison, a violation of constitutional rights or...

Tom Peters, co-author of the 1982 mega-seller "In Search of Excellence," has a new book, "The Circle of Innovation: You Can't Shrink Your Way to Greatness." Here's what he had...

The home of the future, of course, is never quite ready. As soon as it's built, it becomes the home of the present. But if the home of the future...

Talk about a testimonial. When Cathy of the comic strip says she can make your cake, anybody can. Actually it was "Cathy" creator Cathy Guisewite who passed out the compliments....

For 50 years Philip Johnson has designed stunning, unusual, showstopping buildings. And like all trailblazers, he has been targeted by the occasional stone-thrower. Because he, quite literally, lives in the...

What can take the chill off baby oil, make the grapefruit give more juice and turn the peanut butter soft for easier spreading? The microwave, of course. Ten or 15...

Talk about a testimonial. When Cathy of the comic strip says she can make your cake, anybody can. Actually it was "Cathy" creator Cathy Guisewite who passed out the compliments....

The Rarest of the Rare: Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds By Diane Ackerman Random House, 184 pages, $23 It's a rare treat to go on expeditions with Diane Ackerman. That's what...

The Voyage By Robert MacNeil Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 288 pages, $23.95 In 1971, David Lyon was a young Canadian foreign service officer racking up choice career assignments around the world....