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Merrill Peterson, a University of Virginia professor whose writings on Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and other figures made him a renowned historian of 19th century America, died Sept. 29 at...

In the often separate worlds of mental health therapists and substance abuse counselors, professionals began realizing in the mid-1980s that large percentages of the people they were seeing -- sometimes...

Walk-in medical clinics run by CVS, Wal-Mart and other retailers provide care for routine illnesses that is as good as, and costs less than, similar care offered in doctors' offices,...

DVD ANDBLU-RAY The Wizard of Oz: 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition 4 stars The ruby slippers are at their rubiest, the field full of poppies nearly pops off the screen...

Sam Carr, a widely acclaimed drummer who worked with blues singers Sonny Boy Williamson and Buddy Guy and who led the Delta blues trio the Jelly Roll Kings, died Sept....

The first national snapshot of married women who stay home to raise their children shows that the popular notion of high-achieving professional mothers sidelining careers for family life is largely...

Supermarket shelves are full of ready-to-cook pilaf mixes. They're convenient, but loaded with sodium. Try this recipe instead of the mixes; see what you think. In this recipe, the key...

John J. Wild, 95, a research physician who invented a way to find tumors using ultrasound, a noninvasive technique that allowed doctors to spot breast cancer and provide expectant mothers...

John J. Wild, 95, a research physician who invented a way to find tumors using ultrasound, a noninvasive technique that allowed doctors to spot breast cancer and provide expectant mothers...

The buzzer is broken at the John P. Murtha Institute for Homeland Security, and a paper note invites visitors, "Please knock." On a summer afternoon, a lone intern answers the...