EDITOR'S NOTE: Adapted from a recent online discussion.Dear Carolyn: My parents are here to meet their first grandbaby. We just moved (to a house with no guest room), so things are chaotic, but we're...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Major League Baseball Players Association sued Steiner Sports Marketing Inc on Friday accusing the memorabilia seller of trademark infringement and...

DEAR DR. BROTHERS: I am a 45-year-old woman who has worked all my life and I've made a decision to have a little work done. Specifically, I'm thinking of having some minor cosmetic surgery. For years...

For a baby shower your guest of honor will never forget, get friends together for an embellishing party. Set the tone with pretty handmade invitations that announce the theme. On each invitation,...

FASHIONSarah's not Carrie: Sarah Jessica Parker says she's not a slave to fashion like her "Sex and the City" character, Carrie Bradshaw. "I am a mother, wife and working woman in the first place....

WHEN/WHERE: Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Kirkland Teen Union Building (KTUB), 348 Kirkland Ave. ADMISSION: $8 But lowering the volume in their iPod earbuds and wearing earplugs at shows may turn out to be...

Dear Readers: Guess what came into my office by mistake? A credit-card authorization form for winter lodging at a resort. It included a name, credit-card number, expiration date and even a security...

DEAR DR. GRAHAM: After my husband died, his family cut me off completely, and they won't have anything to do with me. They said afterward that they should have gotten some of his estate, and that I...

DeGeneres announced their engagement Thursday during a taping of her daytime talk show, the same day the California Supreme Court overturned a state law banning gay marriage. "So I would like to say...

Talk about eclectic. At School One, an alternative private high school in Providence, R.I., that encourages students to take self-expression to the limit, the students are colorful – and so are...

BUCHAREST, Romania - A mother bear and her young cub stopped traffic and caused panic Thursday in central Romania after they roamed through gardens in search of food and finally climbed the stairs of...

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Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 15:00 CDT PITTSBURGH, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- UPMC for Life, the Medicare product of UPMC Health Plan, is the Pennsylvania state sponsor for the 15th annual National...

TOKYO: Kawasaki Heavy Industries on Friday said it would start selling Kawasaki brand sports motor bikes in India through carmaker Bajaj Auto by the summer of 2009 to tap growing demand for luxury...

Charles Barkley owes a Las Vegas casino $400,000. Man, buffet cover charges sure do add up. The New York Knicks have sent Isiah Thomas on a scouting mission to Europe. No word yet on when they'll...

TIRANA, Albania - A cat chasing a mouse in Tirana's main power station caused a 72-hour blackout across parts of the Albanian capital, the electricity company said on Friday."A cat and a mouse ran...

May 16, 2008—A marble bust of an aging Julius Caesar—which may date back to 46 B.C.—has been found by divers in the Rhône River in...

Dear Tom and Ray: I have a 2001 Chrysler Town & Country with a 3.3-liter V-6 engine and 134,000 miles on it. I use it to deliver mail for the U.S. Postal Service. One day I refilled my antifreeze,...

Besides, a hockey astroturf will also be laid in the district at a cost of Rs.3.50 crore, said Deputy Commissioner T L Satyaprakash. He said the hostel would be equipped with state-of-the-art...

Reporter Jane Lampman talks with Dalia Mogahed, executive director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies. •Large majorities cite the equal importance of democracy and Islam to the quality of...

digg Call it cinema's stoned age. Films featuring characters using marijuana have mushroomed. "Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay," the second movie to feature the titular pot-smoking...

How do Muslims view women's rights? Many Muslims believe that women should have the right to vote and to hold any job outside the home that they qualify...

Hatton has targeted a Las Vegas rematch with Floyd MayweatherRicky Hatton says he is fully fit to face Juan Lazcano later this month after recovering from illness.Hatton, 29, faces the Mexican at the...

What do a billion Muslims really think? The Gallup Poll of the Muslim World is the most comprehensive study ever done of this group. Many key results counter conventional...

Former Patriots employee Matt Walsh met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for nearly three and a half hours on the Spygate scandal. Walsh's tapes of the meeting should be available shortly. ...

t-shirts bearing the slogan . Those shirts are all probably being worn ironically at this point, since internet memes age in dog years. One irony that’s probably lost on the makers of Zero...

ISTANBUL - A leading European sports organization will have a meeting in the Turkish province of Istanbul. The European Non-Governmental Sports Organization (ENGSO) would hold its 16th general...

ADANA - An association for the asthmatic patients in the southern city of Adana has launched a project to organize Turkey`s first sports games for the children with asthma, association head told the...

BEIJING – Chinese sports stars have opened their wallets to help earthquake victims in their country with Houston Rockets star Yao Ming pledging 2 million yuan ($286,100). 'I plan to do...

Posted: 6:15 AM- Glen Canyon National Recreation Area announced Thursday a further expansion of a program to prevent zebra or quagga mussels from becoming established at Lake Powell. Lake Powell...

The weather also played havoc with the state softball tournament.But both baseball and softball should be able to get back on track today."That's part of it," LAMP coach Rocky Smith said. "You have...

Louisville Urban League's annual Diversity Soiree goes Latin this year, featuring performances by dance troupes Acoiris Latino and Flamenco Talk, the Salsa Rhythms Band — plus the jazz band...

But its days as a big event on TV may be numbered since it slipped below the 10 million mark for the first time last year, attracting just a little over 9 million.That's down nearly 3 million from...

You can celebrate Israel's 60th birthday by joining a 19.48-mile bicycle ride or 3.8-mile walk at 11 a.m. Sunday. The starting point is by the Bowman Field Kentucky Drivers License Branch, where you...

Emmy winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus' "The New Adventures of Old Christine" and a new sitcom, "Project Gary," that stars Jay Mohr as a recently divorced painter and Paula Marshall as his ex-wife, will be...

The state House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill that would allow betting on professional and college sports teams, with the exception of Delaware schools, at state casinos.Proponents say...

Kathie Owen, a local resident, received a prestigious fitness award from International Sports Science Association by meeting the requirements to renew three fitness certifications in May 2008 thereby...

46 million people have a doctor-diagnosed case of arthritis in America. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report one of the leading causes of arthritis is obesity. Aaron Dawkins,...

Forget Sex and the City, pull those rods out of the garage and pitch a tent, people. The long weekend is near. The suds are chilling, the grilling goods packed and you're eager to hit the road, ...

Holy Taco Being cool is normally subjective. But there are some things that unequivocally make you uncool. We're not saying we're cool, we're just saying if you own any of these items, you're not. ...

ANKARA - International Olympic Committee has given its prestigious "Sports and Youth" award to Turkey`s Youth & Sports Director-General Mehmet Atalay. Turkey`s Youth & Sports Directorate said in a...

Rossy then performed a stunt he had never before tried.After one last wave to the crowd the rocket man tipped his wings, flipped onto his back and leveled out again, executing a perfect 360-degree...

DEAR DR. BROTHERS: My husband recently returned from Iraq a different man. It wasn't just the severe spinal-cord injury he suffered while overseas, which limited his mobility -- it was his drinking....

Two photo agencies have agreed to pay $113,000 to Liz Hurley, her husband, Arun Nayar, and her ex-boyfriend Hugh Grant for taking photos of them while they were vacationing in the Maldives. ...

DEAR DR. GRAHAM: Is the God you read about in the Old Testament different from the God of the New Testament? A friend of mine says that the Old Testament God is angry and cruel, while in the New...

Sources close to the couple told The Dallas Morning News that the couple have called it quits. A representative for Simpson has denied the report and told E! Online, "They are still together."...

First of two parts.I recently wrote a two-part series on cholesterol in which I reviewed current cholesterol guidelines and made the distinction between what is a "normal" cholesterol concentration...

May 15, 2008—A tourist visiting a reserve during the massive earthquake in China says pandas seemed to sense something was wrong before the quake struck....

Myanmar (Burma) , on May 12, nine days after Cyclone Nargis ripped through the region. Constructed 2,500 years ago, the complex is one of Myanmar's most famous landmarks and is among the many holy...

Five dramas that have their season finales tonight will return this fall: "Smallville," "CSI," "Supernatural," "ER" and "Without a Trace." That's good news for people who like...