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A man in San Antonio got a call from a debt collector. As the collector pressured the man about paying his debt, he interrupted the conversation several times to make...

Hunters and gatherers we're not, except in supermarket aisles. In the wild, most of us would go hungry, unlike our ancient ancestors and more recent pioneer forebears. But some folks...

Many parents don't measure up when it comes to supporting their child's school performance. Many may say, "I want A's from Jessie and Johnny." But they don't take the time...

Every now and then, Andrew McKay's parents ask him why he isn't married yet. "I say something like, `Oh, any day now,' " says McKay, 36, a computer engineer in...

Free-enterprise types have a new model many believe better explains the economy and why government intervention is often counterproductive. They're using a rain forest to illustrate their theories, arguing that...

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...

Interactive shopping doesn't mean jumping on the Internet at Sequel Outdoor Clothing in Denver. It means grabbing a Goretex hiking suit and sitting through a mock hailstorm in the store's...

Terry Nichols has admitted that he drove a Ryder truck to Oklahoma City with Timothy McVeigh, investigators said Tuesday. Nichols, who so far has not been charged directly in the...

Tom Murphy cringes when he talks about what he did to his guitars as a rock musician in the 1970s. Back then the style among his crowd of musicians in...

Terry Nichols has admitted that he drove a Ryder truck to Oklahoma City with Timothy McVeigh, investigators said Tuesday. Nichols, who so far has not been charged directly in the...