The Charlotte Observer

Feeling guilty about dropping a bundle on a pair of shoes? No worries. Good leather shoes, treated correctly, should last for years, decades even. To ensure that splurge is a...

What's going to be big in 2008? That's all up to you. The coming election year's main theme is choices -- especially customizing your life online, say trends experts around...

When Debi Moore started selling Mary Kay cosmetics nearly three decades ago, she lugged around bags full of skin-care products into the living rooms of stay-at-home moms. Now, her daughter,...

When Debi Moore started selling Mary Kay cosmetics nearly three decades ago, she lugged around bags full of skin-care products into the living rooms of stay-at-home moms. Now, her daughter,...

Barbara "Bree" Harris is proof that it's never too late to pursue a dream. Harris--who grew up in Monroe, N.C.--is the designer behind the Multi by Bree line, which launched...

When Colin Powell spoke at the Republican convention in Philadelphia last month, the retired Army general drew one of his loudest ovations when he politely said the United States should...

No wonder they call it zest. Some of the brightest flavor in a citrus fruit is in that colored part of the skin. Zest is one of those terms new...

After more than two years of pain and bleeding, Debbie Jones knew it was time to do something about the growths in her uterus called fibroids. But hysterectomy--a common treatment...

A drug addict's child struggles to get his brothers and sisters ready for school. A young beauty pageant contestant beams at her mother, who is proud to call her daughter...

Let's talk p.c. No, not politically correct. Something much more important: Pimiento cheese. See, if I could witness your reaction to those two little words, I could tell a lot...