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BALTIMORE - Oren Miller's children - 6-year-old Liam and 4-year-old Madeline - lean in close as they play Chutes and Ladders with their dad.

London Mayor Boris Johnson has issued a challenge to tech startups -- figure out how to use drones to ease the city's congestion. "All this Internet shopping is leading to a massive increase in white-van traffic dropping...

We are all one, and if we don't know it, we will learn it the hard way. - Bayard Rustin A few days have passed since the Ferguson non-indictment, making clear how much past is not even past. I think about Bayard Rustin, ...

Eating gator: A Florida tradition since the 1800. …

The Female Farmer Project was published earlier this month. This pictorial depicts some of the stories that Audra and I felt also needed to be shared. All Images Copyright Audra Gaines Mulkern Liz of Bushy Tail Farm used...

It's all too easy to get caught up in the tangle of presents and money at the holidays, and depending on one's financial situation, the act of giving sometimes seems more stressful than joyful. Here are five gifts that h...

A librarian in Saint Omer, Northern France, has discovered a 1623 copy of William Shakespeare's First Folio. The priceless work is one of 223 surviving of an original print run of 750. It has been over 10 years since a n...

Now is the winter we thank heaven for little girls, for January will bring audiences not one “Gigi,” but two. The Kennedy Center’s new stage version of the 1958 Lerner and Loewe movie musical (winner of nine Academ...

Now is the winter we thank heaven for little girls, for January will bring audiences not one "Gigi," but two. The Kennedy Center's new stage version of the 1958 Lerner and Loewe movie musical (winner of nine Academy Awar...

Somebody's gotta go. You know it. I know it. Only one cast regular has died in the entire first half of season five of "The Walking Dead" and the mid-season finale is Sunday. (Toodles, Bobster!)

A bad month keeps getting worse for Bill Cosby. As recently as a week ago, 16 women had accused the legendary comedian of sexual assault. Now, that number stands at 20 — and the fallout is mounting. On Wednesday, the B...

A bad month keeps getting worse for Bill Cosby. As recently as a week ago, 16 women had accused the legendary comedian of sexual assault. Now, that number stands at 20 -- and the fallout is mounting. On Wednesday, the Be...

This year, instead of reaching for the usual wrapping paper or gift bags, consider presenting your gifts in something that they won't throw away, making it a part of the gift. From cute inexpensive reusable totes to tea ...

Name: Not born yet! (Any day now. ) Location: Atlanta, Georgia We decided to keep this baby's gender a surprise, so I wanted to go with something gender neutral. I chose a gray and gold palette, and filled the room with ...

As more gas stations and fast food joints pop up along America's highways, photographer Ryann Ford has set out to preserve a dying relic, the roadside rest stop. She's been traveling the country for five years documentin...

Two"Befores" Makeover by: Wendi Location: Seattle, Washington The room had looked the same (horrible) for 18 years. After my divorce, I decided it was time for a change. The project was done over the course of the summer...

Without Twitter, Erica Toliver is convinced she never would have fallen for Emem Akpan. But thanks to the little blue bird, Emem was able to slowly charm her with his wit and determination. "She wouldn't admit it, but I ...

Nothing better sums up the so-called crisis of classical music than the state of so-called classical recording. We lament the end of the recording industry as we knew it -- an industry that could once afford to record bi...

There are so many different versions of "The Nutcracker," they can compete in an annual cable showdown. Ovation's "Battle of the Nutcrackers" returns for its eighth year Dec. 15, showing four different productions on con...

Both the dark side and the light got its fill of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" on Friday, as the film's first trailer pinged around the internet with speed comparable to hyperdrive. So much was revealed in the first 88-...

As popular as the original version of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" is every season, there has been no shortage of variations on its themes over the years, starting with its use in Walt Disney's "Fantasia" in 1940.

Forget the visions of sugarplums dancing in your head. What about all the versions of "The Nutcracker" dancing on stages in every American city? Tchaikovsky's ballet may not have shaken the world when he first presented ...