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As surely as a tightly wound yo-yo will climb back up a string, the simple toy that may recall simpler times is on the rebound. Not since its heyday in...

Some, such as police officers and pilots, need clear vision for on-the-job survival. Others want to pursue sports unfettered by corrective lenses. "Many would simply like to get up in...

You only need to have two cracked bathroom tiles replaced. Or a new doorknob put on a bedroom door, a different light fixture installed on your porch, your front door's...

Historian Zane Miller says it looks like something he drew in grade school. Jerry Galvin says it looks like a hamburger molecule. "Superimpose a chart of the hamburger molecule on...

It's Mailbag Time, loyal readers, so let's dive in: Q--Tension runs high aboard the nuclear submarine that is the setting for the current hit movie "Crimson Tide." So high that,...

The Marlboro Man's been benched. That's the deal cut Tuesday between Philip Morris and the Justice Department, which had threatened to sue the tobacco maker for using billboards at sporting...

Lose your car keys? Can't find your wallet? Call on Professor Solomon. Solomon--a sometimes bookstore clerk, substitute teacher, magician and actor--is the author of the newly published "How to Find...

Give a plush piece of carpet to Merilu Dillard and Cynthia Webb and they're likely to draw on it, cut it up and scrape it. It's not that they're destructive;...

Adjustable rate mortgages have lost their appeal to both home buyers and refinancers, putting the traditional 30-year-fixed rate back on the ascendancy. A recent survey by the Mortgage Bankers Association...

Most time-management books encourage us to handle mail once. On receipt, open and toss junk mail; look through magazines and catalogs, then dump them; and mail bills and answer letters...