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Sup Dogs, Spicy 9 and Mina's are new restaurants in downtown Chapel Hill.

With summer just around the corner, many Americans are pulling out their bikinis and swimming trunks and hitting the beach. However, not everyone's excited about swimsuit season. Nearly one third of Americans have not wo...

As many of us are, I'm thinking of Maya Angelou today. I'm remembering one night in particular, maybe fifteen years ago when she was M.C.'ing an event -- I think for the Childrens' Defense Fund, at the National Building ...

There's something about the music of Arvo Pärt that makes people stop driving. In the late 1970s, the record producer Manfred Eicher heard it on the car radio and pulled off the road to listen until it was over. In 1984...

By now, you've surely heard the news that the irrepressible LeVar Burton -- late of "Star Trek," "Roots" and the classic children's show "Reading Rainbow" -- has launched a $1-million Kickstarter to get a Rainbow reboot/...

Kirkus Reviews -- long considered the book industry's most ferocious trade publication -- is showing some love, and lots of cash. Tonight at a party on the eve of the BookExpo America convention in New York, Kirkus annou...

Kirkus Reviews — long considered the book industry's most ferocious trade publication — is showing some love, and lots of cash. Tonight at a party on the eve of the BookExpo America convention in New York, Kirkus ann...

Like this entry? Favorite it below! Name: Lena Location: Chino Hills, CA Square Feet: 924 Division: Small What I Love About My Small Home: What I love most about our home is that it feels cozy like a cabin in the woods. ...

Coldplay's "Ghost Stories" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and became the highest-selling debut album since Beyonce's surprise self-titled record was released in December. Sorry, world, Chris Martin is just a...

While she didn’t go home with the Mirror Ball Trophy, Amy Purdy did win the hearts of Dancing with the Stars viewers everywhere. The 34-year-old Olympic athlete faced a challenge completely different from that of the r...

Photographers from around the world are sharing their unique and mesmerizing images in an attempt to take the top prize in the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. Across an expanse of locales, the contest ai...

You already know that Dr. Maya Angelou's life was too rich and vibrant to be summarized -- indeed, her vast wealth of experiences filled seven iconic memoirs. But her journey was more fascinating than you could ever imag...

Our second Watercolor Wednesday piece was inspired from one of our favorite quotes from the popular poet E. E. Cummings. It’s a reminder to be proud and brave to be ...

Attention all groomsmen: the bar has now been set. The next time you're at a wedding, this dance routine is something you'll have to live up to. Using a medley of Justin Timberlake songs and some smooth choreography,

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Like this entry? Favorite it below! Name: Charlotte Location: New York, NY Square Feet: 300 Division: Teeny-Tiny What I Love About My Small Home: What I love about my home is it encompasses warmth and is a space where tr...

As if things could get any more grueling, the ten remaining "Hell's Kitchen" (Fox at 8 p.m.) contestants are rearranged and then challenged to create dishes using ingredients they blindly chose. Nate Berkus, Adam Devine,...

Sometimes our kids' unique tastes (hatred for pizza, preference for vanilla over chocolate) can lead to pondering of switched-at-the-hospital scenarios. For us, it's roller coasters. I love them; my son… does not. For ...

Kevin Mullins doesn't watch a ton--or any--of reality TV. Top secret agent Jack Bauer, not TMZ star Kim Kardashian, is his hero. But that didn't stop 25-year-old Mullins, a personal trainer based in the District, from tr...

It's now a name long forgotten, but before Maya Angelou chose the pen name inspired by her brother (who called her Maya), she sang, danced and composed lyrics as Miss Calypso. Angelou's days off-Broadway in "Calypso Heat...

Well, 2014 is the year of major late-night shake-ups, and there's no sign of slowing down: E! confirmed Wednesday afternoon that Chelsea Handler's talk show, "Chelsea Lately," will end in August. "We are very proud of 'C...