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WASHINGTON - As kids during World War II most young American boys fought imaginary battles against the Axis powers right along with the real ones being fought by their brothers, fathers, cousins and those of their friends.
Q: What do you do if someone in the hotel room next to you is snoring so loudly you can hear it in your room?
Since even TiVo owners can't watch everything worthwhile on Sunday-night television, the DVD release this week of "Endgame" and "Emma" -- presentations on PBS' "Masterpiece Contemporary" and "Masterpiece Classic," respectively -- is good news indeed.
The last two decades were the warmest on record, and it's a worthwhile use of the federal government's resources to try to find out definitively why.
The United States shares the longest non-militarized border in the world with Canada, yet many U.S. citizens haven't a clue what their northern neighbors eat.
That particular realization struck Don Burns as he contemplated hosting a Vancouver 2010 Olympics viewing party.
For a dear family friend, tending to a garden filled with Asian vegetables was a dynamic way of staying connected to home.
Winter melons were among her proudest crops, and for good reason: Every year, she'd have close to a dozen little green fuzz balls growing on vines or in patches, and many longer than a foot by the time they were picked.
Q: I am looking for a recipe I had 30 years ago in Quebec. It's for unemployment pudding. It's a very sweet dessert made with flour, sugar and vinegar, and baked. -- Carol Deese, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Debt Adviser,
In 2005, due to many circumstances, my home went into foreclosure. The questions I have are, after the seven years does it come off my credit report or do I have to ask for it to be taken off from the three bureaus? Also, will I be able to get a house at any point after that time?
-- Tina
Dear Tina,
Iran, as it periodically and deliberately seems to do, has again rattled the world with an announcement about its nuclear program. The Iranians say they will begin enriching their uranium stockpile to the 20 percent level, the threshold for what is considered the highly enriched level and another step closer to being able to produce a bomb.
Raw-materials junkies can appreciate the impact that China has on prices for the ingredients used to make steel and other metals. For those who can't, consider this data, courtesy of the International Iron and Steel Institute.
Maybe it's because we've covered too many NIT games that no one wants to play. Maybe it's because we've covered enough NCAA Tournament games to appreciate the best event in sports. Maybe we see too many games and know too many players and coaches who'd experience the pinnacle of their athletic careers if they were fortunate enough to play in just one NCAA Tournament.
New Orleans Saints fans aren't the only ones reveling after their team's stunning victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl.
Die-hard Chicago Bears fan Joe Mantegna is celebrating, too.
MIAMI - Were he even interested in the whole dubious notion, this business of validation, Peyton Manning would have agreed that there was no better formula for putting to rest any doubt that he was the greatest quarterback the game has ever seen.
As golfers lined up putts in respectful silence below, a small airplane circled over last week's PGA Tour event in San Diego -- dragging a banner reading, "We miss you Tiger! Deja vu Showgirls." The next day, a competing strip club countered with a plane toting this message: "We miss you too Tiger! Dreamgirls."
When the first flowers of Monarda didyma bloomed, I rediscovered the wonder of bees. Sure, I shared the grade-school fears of stings, yet there were bees I had never seen before on this prairie perennial also known as "bee balm." The insects ranged from tiny ones the size of a mosquito to wasplike banded beauties.
America's wild hog population is exploding and spreading across the country, more than doubling in size and range in the past 20 years. Two decades ago, somewhere between 500,000 and 2 million wild pigs roamed the United States in 17 states. Now the population numbers between 2 million and 6 million in 44 states.
As Americans struggle to take charge of their health care -- and hold down their medical costs -- a growing number are bypassing the doctor and going right to the source for diagnostic tests.
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