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Sean Young can spin four plates with her hands and feet during a love scene. She can exhale enough cigarette smoke to alert a firetruck. Over-the-top or subtle, as long...

Orange-pumpkin pie is magic in reasonable time. ORANGE-PUMPKIN PIE Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 1 hour Yield: One 9-inch pie 1 Easy pie crust, recipe follows, or prepared 9-inch...

The movie "Gettysburg" seemed doomed from the start. Overcoming the obstacles was almost as difficult as planning the assault on Little Round Top. It took 15 years to realize the...

More than half of all college students today are women, a distinct change from the 1970s, the Census Bureau said Tuesday. Fifty-six percent of college students in 1992 were women,...

Nickie and Carla must think they've died and gone to heaven, where dogs live like people and nobody kicks them around. The two mixed-breed canines not only have their own...

Remember the Dark Ages of rabbit-eared TV sets that were such an eyesore in the living room? Things have changed dramatically. Now your big-screen TV, stereo and other equipment might...

Then it was "Father Knows Best." Now it's "The Simpsons." Then it was Ozzie and Harriet. Now it's Beavis and Butt-head. America has gone from "please" to "in your face,"...

Bigger is better in video, but when it comes to audio, good things come in small packages. As electronics retailers wait for manufacturers and the federal government to come to...

Taming toy clutter is apparently a problem for lots of parents. If action figures and rubber balls are strewn about your home, consider the advice of Maryanne Macdonald, an expert...

You've heard of paint-by-number; now get ready for paint-by-computer. Walk into a major paint store and there probably will be a color-matching computer there ready for you to ask it...