LOS ANGELES (AP) – The gambling tale “21” kept up its winning streak as it took in $15.1 million to stay on top of the box office for a second-straight weekend, leaving George Clooney’s “Leatherheads” and the family tale “Nim’s Island” to scrimmage for second place.“Leatherheads” – a 1920s football comedy directed by Clooney, who […]

It’s about time we modernize some of those old maxims that our parents passed on to us. Those golden oldies are no longer pearls of wisdom, they’re more like pearls of perplexity.So here are some updates of some of the old adages.Old: Spare the rod, spoil the child.New: Send kid to room, he won’t go […]

DEAR ABBY: I have been dating a woman in Phoenix – where we both lived – for the past three years. We were in an exclusive relationship, but not living together because I was going through a divorce when we met. Throughout our time together I have helped “Jackie” with rent and cash gifts.I have […]

Shelby, born in 1996, is a beautiful young lady with long, light blonde hair and hazel eyes. Personable, fun and inquisitive, she is in need of a nurturing adoptive family.Shelby likes to read and can be quite animated when reading to younger children. She also likes to write stories and enjoys singing and dancing. She […]

Have you ever loved a pair of shoes so much that you bought them twice?Experts say you shouldn’t have to.A pair of good leather shoes, treated correctly, should last for years, decades even. But many of us don’t know the first thing about shoe care, so we end up ruining that perfectly good pair of […]

The pressure’s on.There’s a wedding on the horizon. Maybe you’re a close friend, the maid of honor or another member of the bridal party. It’s up to you to create a memorable wedding shower for your BFF.Before you trade in your stilettos for sneakers (hoping for a running start out of town), take a deep, […]

TACOMA, Wash. -When it comes to diapering baby bottoms, Lakewood, Wash., mom Christine Young has tried it all.She has laundered diapers at home, sent cloth diapers to be sanitized by a diaper service, purchased and tossed disposables.At first, washing cloth diapers for Young’s oldest son, now 7, worked well, she says. But by the time […]

DEAR MR. DAD: I hear that children should have some formal music study. Is that true? What are the benefits, and how young should they start?Answer: The best reason to get your child involved in music is that it’s fun! And when it comes to exposing a child to music, there’s no such thing as […]

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Candace Cameron, 32; Zach Braff, 33; Marilu Henner, 56; John Ratzenberger, 61Happy Birthday: Don’t let your emotions get the better of you this year. If you act on your impulses and not on facts, you will have to do a lot of explaining. Travel for business will pay off as […]

How far would you go to lose weight? And how far have you already gone? These are among the questions raised by Fitness magazine in a survey of 1,000 readers on their dieting tricks, hopes, wishes and dreams. Some interesting tidbits: • Slim-Fast and Weight Watchers were the top diet plans (at 35 percent and […]