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Here are a few easy microwave recipes: TANGIER CARROT SALAD Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 4 minutes Yield: 3 to 4 servings 3/4 pound carrots, lightly peeled, sliced 1/2...

A decade ago, Whitey Herzog was wheeling and dealing with the St. Louis Cardinals. His team won the world championship in 1982. Herzog, now general manager of the California Angels,...

Heat, humidity, air pollution, improper handling and storage are all demons ready to devour beautiful art, but you can take steps to protect precious works. Relative humidity is the measured...

It seems obvious why pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton has won the loyalty of thousands of children and their parents during his career as doctor, author and children's activist. When he...

Don't confuse Timothy Hutton with Peter Derns, the character he plays in the new thriller "The Temp." "There's no relation to real life," says Hutton, who kindly describes Peter as...

The Spin Doctors have finally gotten noticed. "Last night when I went out walking around I got recognized 10 times," says Spin Doctor bassist Mark White. "That's the first time...

The widow of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. appeared at FBI headquarters Tuesday for what she termed a "great act of reconciliation" with the agency that once conducted illegal electronic...

Of all the hard choices in the hush of the intensive-care unit, the toughest must be the decision to withdraw an unconscious patient's food and water. Just the idea makes...

C.M. Newton had no doubt the University of Kentucky basketball program would be on its way back when he hired Rick Pitino as the Wildcats' head coach in May 1989....

Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural, the genial heart and soul of the Buckwheat Zydeco band, came by his Little Rascals-inspired nickname as a child and grew up immersed in the accordion-fueled combination...