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Looking for a Lenten fish fry? Here are a few at Catholic churches in Raleigh and Durham.

Each day our postal worker delivers envelopes through our mail slot securely wrapped in a single rubber band. Multiply that single band by sheer number of days and -- needless to say -- those rubber bits pile up. I've tr...

No three words in the English language better summed up President Obama's Senate, and later presidential, campaign than "Yes We Can!" Exclamation not ours.So readers of former Obama adviser David Axelrod's new book, "Bel...

MONROEVILLE, Ala. -- Would you like to understand how the "new" Harper Lee novel, "Go Set a Watchman," came to be billed as a long-lost, blockbuster sequel to "To Kill a Mockingbird" -- one of the definitive books of the...

Yue Minjun (1962) is considered one of the most prominent Chinese artists of our time. He was born in the Heilongjiang province, situated in the North-East of China and belongs to a generation of artists who grew up in t...

Considering that, until today, I only peripherally knew what a grain silo was, that's a pretty big statement. Seriously, why do we make square houses at all?

It's so transparent that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has a race/diversity issue that I'm not going to even go there. It's been well documented and spot-on that voters for the 87th Annual Academy Awards ...

Thousands of dancers hit the streets of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro this weekend to celebrate the first days of the country's Carnival festivities. The 5-day long party kicked off on Friday and heated up on Sunday when six s...

Smoking-cessation apps are evolving and adapting so quickly that they are becoming a bit like that voice you wish you had whispering in your ear, guiding you clear of smoking…

As a follow-up to the Wes Anderson Collection, Abrams has released The Grand Budapest Hotel. The beautifully designed and illustrated book features books-within-books that support the full story of the film, from initial...

A letter to the father of the young people killed in Chapel Hill, N.C. Every fair-minded person in this country, not just Muslims, wants justice for your children.

Kelly Corrigan - best-selling author, host of a new talk series, a breast cancer survivor, spouse, daughter, friend, fundraiser and mother - is the keynote speaker at The Gathering 2015,

This is what you call a triple threat: it's a multi-functional piece of furniture; it's a clever means of storage; and it can divide a room. These multi-functional headboard walls still keep air and light circulated, wit...

The weekend's fun and games was part NBA All-Star weekend jamboree and part Valentine's Day delight for VIPs like Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich and Michael Eric Dyson.Let's sneak a peak:Chef Carla Hall caught up with "Gene...

Food writer Andrea Weigl offers some suggestions for what to cook if we are all cooped up in the house due to the weather.

Name: Casey Anderson Location: Highland Park; Los Angeles, California Size: 1,100 square feet Years lived in: 3 years; Owned With a penchant for unconventional activities (read: dodgeball and tap dancing), and an affinit...

"Saturday Night Live's" 40th anniversary special was mostly an exhibit of longevity, putting both its participants and its viewers in touch with our own mortality, in the kindest way possible. The point of the star-studd...

"Saturday Night Live's" 40th anniversary special was mostly an exhibit of longevity, putting both its participants and its viewers in touch with our own mortality, in the kindest way possible.The point of the star-studde...

Make a Sarah Palin joke in front of a politically savvy Beltway audience and chances are it will fall flat. That's sooo 2008.But in the fake-politics/celebrity world of "Saturday Night Live," the former Alaska governor a...

Proud to be @BrownUniversity class of 00. Now trying to push everyone else to join @FLOTUS to #ReachHigher pic.twitter.com/lQhvSMSwsOIf at first your date literally runs away from you, ask her out again.

Robin Givhan, The Washington Post's Pulitzer-winning fashion critic, is covering New York Fashion Week. Follow along as she makes her way from runway to runway. Read her stories on Style Blog and follow her on Twitter: @...

Michele and Ryan's New Beginning Some cities have a certain 'cool' factor -- New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Austin. Drawn by the lure of interesting food and interesting music and interesting people, youn...