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If anyone knows how to leave us wanting more, it's international street style icon Miroslava Duma. As a former Harper's Bazaar Russia editor, successful freelance fashion writer and creator of the ...

Why care about a pair of lip syncing men who won, then lost, a Grammy 24 years ago? Because, under the silly stuff is deep stuff. Or so says Joe Diebes, the composer behind the new, New York Times-approved Milli Vanilli ...

Despite having to brave a Hoth-like terrain, I made it to a comic book shop this week to pick up Ms. Marvel #1. Written by G. Willow Wilson and illustrated by Adrian Alphona, this book is super exciting; any time a story...

You have to learn the rules before you can break them. At least that's what our English teachers told us when we cited Dickens as a defense for our use of run-on sentences. It's true that not all grammar violations are c...

Does your heart go pitter patter every time you see a tiny creature? Maybe your internal clock is ticking (loudly)? If you dream of caring for a little critter, but a baby (or even a puppy or a kitten) seems like too muc...

Ever heard of "nurdling"? You know, the act of sticking your cold feed under someone's butt on the couch. How about a "woolly-doop-doop"? That thing, when you're driving and you go fast over a bump in the road, and that ...

Here's a fun little blast -- a quick exercise in building a brand, complete with video. I still don't know whether to call this forced perspective or op art.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- Leonardo DiCaprio is poking his head out of a poolside room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. It's afternoon, and a swarm of media outlets is lined up outside, chatting with Oscar contenders afte...

I have been an invited interloper in the fiefdoms of the decimal-pointed rich long enough now to know that when rich men want to distinguish themselves from other rich men they buy art. Among practitioners of modern-day ...

Over a century ago, Switzerland’s Dr. Maxmilian Bircher-Benner mixed it up. He created muesli, which means mixture. It’s a blend of oats and other whole grains, fruit and nuts, softened in apple juice or yogurt. He p...

Choices are greater, quality higher than ever

We love to deride selfies as a futile modern exercise in self-aggrandizement. But self-portraits might actually represent much more than that. They could even -- dare I say it? -- prove kind of profound.

A few weeks ago I bought a new set of sheets. Now I can't bring myself to get rid of the bag.

"Madman or Martyr" started out as a high school class project tied to Black History Month. It grew into the film that premiered Jan. 31 at the Charles H. Wright…

A reader asks: "What is the best month to have interior rooms painted?"

There's something comforting about the feel and look of a gardening catalog while you sit near a warm fire on a dreary winter day, counting the hours until spring arrives…

MINNEAPOLIS - A new model of primary care that emphasizes disease prevention and doctor-patient collaboration appears to be lowering Minnesota's medical costs while raising the quality of patient care.

The set is a cube, with receding walls, ceiling and floor comprised of graph-paper squares. Two actors are on stage. One asks the other to share the secret, she finally whispers the secret. Blackout, flashing lights, sou...

The owner of Serendipity Gourmet Deli has opened Atlas Mediterranean Cuisine in a Cary space home to the former Unaabi Grill and a Pizza Hut.

Life is all about the details, but sometimes, those details aren't pleasant. If your toilet is running, you're potentially wasting gallons of water a day. But don't despair! Most often, it's just a simple fix, no tools -...

Andrew Lloyd Webber rules Brittania's West End and, as will come as a surprise to few, has for just about 40 years. Right now, three of his musicals are at hand. The Phantom of the Opera is in its zillionth year at the M...

The claim that Eskimos have about a trillion words for snow may be a false one -- actually, Eskimo languages have about as many synonyms for snow as English does -- but it remains true that the language of a culture can ...