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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — Authorities in the U.S. Virgin Islands say an elderly couple visiting from the U.S. mainland has been fou...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of spectators lined the beach and gasped, cheered and clapped on Monday as bodysurfers braved 15-foot waves at T...

As a mom, I know there's no better gift on Mother's Day than being served breakfast in bed, complete with the Sunday paper. So the menu I propose here...

WASHINGTON (AP) — IBM's Watson computing system will be making a visit to Washington for the Smithsonian's "The Future is Here" Festival, and organize...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — These days, people pay piles of cash to pamper their pets, but problems remain on the farm and in the slaughterhouse, on movie sets...

LAKE GEORGE (AP) — The 28 ice cream flavors are just a cool memory. Those fried clam plates? All but eighty-sixed. Howard Johnson's restaurants — the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Some companies boast of making beer with spring water from majestic mountains. They won't be competing in the upcoming Pure Wate...

NEW YORK (AP) — German measles is officially gone from North and South America, the first region to rid itself of the disease, health officials announ...

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Jean Nidetch, a New York housewife who tackled her own obesity, then shared her guiding principles with others in meetings that ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Time for another history lesson. Only about a quarter of eighth graders showed solid performance or better in U.S. history, civics a...

PARIS (AP) — China now boasts more land dedicated to wine-making vineyards than France as it tries to satisfy a rapid rise in local demand. China's vi...

NEW YORK (AP) — Is someone in your family graduating from college this year? If so, here are a few things to keep in mind that might preserve your san...

Some moms want a spa day. Some moms crave chocolate. And some moms just want a little fancy pampering. If your mom falls into that last category, cons...

NEW YORK (AP) — Karly Vedan was 9 when she first noticed stretch marks popping on her legs. "I grew pretty tall really fast," she said. "They looked r...

Butter and dill are lovely on roasted carrots, but this spring I wanted something a little more... robust. Because let's face it, spring and early sum...

NEW YORK (AP) — When Amanda Berry's toddler daughter had night terrors and started screaming and running around the room, Berry couldn't always get to...

POMONA, Calif. (AP) — A bachelor's in beer? A master's in malt? Not quite. But these days some colleges are teaching students to make beer as part of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — PepsiCo says it's dropping aspartame from Diet Pepsi in response to customer feedback and replacing it with sucralose, another artific...