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When Sam Malone and Diane Chambers almost married on television's "Cheers," one of their major prenuptial disagreements erupted over art. Sam insisted his mural-size picture of dogs drinking beer and...

Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy Friday unveiled a 33-point plan to address bacterial illnesses from undercooked meat and poultry, including putting cooking instructions on packages of all raw meat and poultry....

Adding fuel to a growing national burn over health care costs, two senators charged Wednesday that pharmaceutical manufacturers have reneged on a pledge to contain prescription drug prices. Backed by...

A recent analysis of federal-state spending for Medicaid, the program that pays the health bills of the poor, shows why President Bill Clinton is determined to control health-care costs. Medicaid...

Marcello Mastroianni throws back his head and in a deep, husky laugh rejects all claims that he is a romantic hero. "I think you are crazy, you Americans. What romantic?...

The Shaq Attack comes at you from everywhere these days. Alonzo Mourning is so full of himself he's ejecting women sportswriters from the Charlotte locker room. Christian Laettner is on...

Mobil Travel Guide, which each year awards five stars to hotels, restaurants and resorts, offers some tips on tipping. It says that travelers should keep in mind the definition of...

Homeowners who thought about refinancing last winter and never got around to it are in luck. Mortgage interest rates are lower now than they were at this time in 1992...

Professor Larry Moore, a scholarly fellow, wrote a scholarly paper that didn't raise as much as an eyebrow until he changed the title of it. The former title: "Regulating Publicity:...

Cooking on television is part culinary skill, part magic act. The recipe prepared under the hot lights had better be easy, interesting and gorgeous. Meanwhile, the featured cook is fielding...