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W.D. Snodgrass, a founding figure of the "confessional" school of poetry, whose tightly controlled autobiographical verse exerted a powerful influence on other writers, died Jan. 13 of lung cancer at...

Twirling a hula hoop isn't just kiddie business these days. Some adults are channeling their younger selves and gaining health benefits by hooping, rolling their hips and performing tricks they...

We can thank the people at Medicare's call centers for a new Web portal specifically designed for caregivers. Medicare's main site (medicare.gov) is so packed with information for beneficiaries and...

Frozen pizza is one of the fastest-growing segments of the frozen-food industry: $2.7 billion: Supermarket sales of frozen pizza in 2007. $59.5 million: Sales of refrigerated pizza crusts and doughs...

Does concern for the economy have you tossing and turning? Stress can have a big impact on how well you sleep. To help you reclaim some of those zzz's, try...

The economic turmoil and the stock market's roller coaster are making everyone a bit queasy. That unsettled feeling has sent us straight to the kitchen. Cooking from scratch saves money,...

Oddly enough, this sophisticated recipe's complementary trio of ingredients -- pungent herb, anise-y vegetable and licorice liqueur -- do not add up to flavor overload. The components are quick-braised, then...

The Hairy Man -- skinny, skeezy, looks like a lost member of Jethro Tull? -- must have represented some male ideal at some point, but that is a memory we...

We are watching a serenely confident assassin, aptly named Fox, embody all that is predatory, ruthless and lethally sexy. But as we watch the anti-heroine of last summer's hyperviolent action...

William Glendon, who successfully defended The Washington Post before the U.S. Supreme Court in the Pentagon Papers case, died Dec. 25 at a hospital in White Plains, N.Y. He was...