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WASHINGTON (AP) — Think the flu's only a big threat to kids and seniors? Influenza hospitalized a surprisingly high number of young and middle-aged ad...

NEW YORK (AP) — When Janet Jones was laid off from her job as a financial assistant two years ago and hit rock bottom, inspiration struck. The former ...

DEAR HARRIETTE: My sister and I got fitness bracelets and connected to each other to keep ourselves motivated. It's weird, but it is working. If I see...

A pumpkin pie. Rolled up in a cinnamon bun. Do we have your attention yet? That's right... We took our autumn baking to a delicious new level by combi...

As the bumper sticker on my truck reads, "Compost Happens." Sometimes, however, it doesn't happen fast enough. That problem usually can be traced to s...

Although the thought of sleeping with millions of dust mites — microscopic arachnids that feast on flakes of skin — is just plain gross, it's somethin...

DEAR HARRIETTE: A female friend invited me to join her when she goes to her hot yoga classes. I think I am going to join her because she is cute and I...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I work in a relatively conservative law firm in Chicago. Much to my surprise, the new administrator that my company hired a month ago ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Maybe there is such a thing as too many breadsticks. In a nearly 300-page treatise on what's wrong with Olive Garden and its managemen...

DEAR HARRIETTE: The venue I work for hired a local promoter to bring in a Grammy Award-winning artist to perform. The concert took place at an open-ai...

DEAR READERS: Once again, we have reached a day in American history that gives us pause. Thirteen years ago, the unthinkable happened. Freedom and inn...

LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. (AP) — Jimmy Russell strolled into a roomful of tourists, and soon the patriarch of Kentucky bourbon was surrounded by fans, posing ...

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — As computerized wristwatches go, the upcoming Apple Watch looks impressive. I like that it will come in two sizes, so the wat...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I sit on the leadership board at my church, and I feel like two of the members have too much power regarding the affairs of the church...

Competition and conflict have existed between people and animals since the first gardeners began sowing seeds on the ground. The critters just as quic...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — In some ways, Rebecca Wright doesn't understand all the fuss over her 96-year-old mother's recent marriage. After all, she says...

PARIS (AP) — France's summer is fast becoming a memory, and so is one of its iconic beach sights: the topless woman. As few as 2 percent of French wom...

DEAR HARRIETTE: One of my children is constantly complaining that something hurts. I realize that as an active child, she does sometimes get some bump...