As the frontman for pop-punk band Fall Out Boy, Pete Wentz glories in remaking the rules. He playfully subverts gender roles to undercut homophobia by wearing eyeliner, kissing his male bandmates on stage and wearing girls' jeans, yet somehow makes it all mainstream.
No other country has exported as many physicians as India. But the needs of India's growing middle class are luring doctors back. They're trading their lucrative U.S. incomes for a chance to reunite with family and build India's medical system.
When Charles Jackson was 13, he learned that his mother's side of the family has a particular gene that can cause early-onset Alzheimer's. Now Jackson is coming to terms with how the disease will affect him -- and his family.
This year's cookbooks are all about the seasonings -- and honing basic kitchen skills, writes T. Susan Chang. The 2007 cookbook shelf has a stylish gift idea for everybody, from your grill-crazy carnivore of an uncle to your vegan massage therapist.
Tracy May Adair holds the grand title of master coffee cupper for Folgers. It's her job to make sure that each of the 85 million cups of Folgers that Americans drink every day taste exactly the same.
A dozen former Army captains recently wrote a column for The Washington Post titled "The Real Iraq We Knew." They describe the war they experienced, sometimes during multiple tours. Many have questioned the officers' patriotism and political motivations.
Nearly one in five college students takes at least one class online, according to a new survey. For professors, the growth of e-learning has meant a big shift in the way they deal with students and prepare for class, as well as the kinds of students they teach.
Almost every Thanksgiving for 50 years, Kevin Weeks' father has made eggnog and aged it until Christmas -- making it almost impossible to detect the alcohol. Weeks shares his family's recipe.
A staple of the American road trip could be slowly disappearing. Owners of some roadside attractions are deciding that interest is waning in such treasures as the world's largest ball of string, Stinker the monkey or the Elvis Is Alive Museum.
The Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers, each with 10-1 records, face off Thursday night, but much of America won't be able to see the game. The TV blackout is the result of a dispute between the NFL and cable companies.
Massachusetts is among a growing number of states considering legislation that would give parents the right to decide whether their twins (or triplets) should be placed in the same class at school, or whether they should be separated.
Fort Payne, Ala., the world's sock capital, doesn't like competition from Honduras, which has enjoyed duty-free sock exports to the U.S. The tariff is set to be reinstated soon, but some say the town should move away from socks if it wants to compete globally.
Three years ago, the Dairy Queen closed in Roscoe, Texas a sure sign of bad times. But these days, people are moving back to the West Texas town, with its growing reputation as a sweet spot for wind-farm energy.
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A MacArthur Fellow and co-founder of the Pacific Institute, Peter Gleick runs one of the nation's leading water-conservation assessment centers. The institute's biennial report, The World's Water, surveys global water trends and issues.
Ask filmmaker John Waters to name his favorite movies and he'll tell you that just about nothing is off-limits. He says his DVD-watching habits tend toward the strange, the shocking and the exploitative. Oh, and the extreme.
Texas is the country's largest emitter of global warming gases. But the state's political leaders say climate change isn't a problem and have blocked even minor efforts to address the issue. Now mayors of some of the biggest cities are taking the issue into their own hands.
Juanes, the Colombian singer and songwriter, was one of the early proponents of what was called Latin Alternative, mixing rock with Colombian melodies and rhythms. Today, he is a Latin pop star who has sold more than 9 million records worldwide.
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It sounds almost like a violin, but not quite. The erhu is a traditional Chinese two-string instrument, played with a bow. Virtuoso soloist Ma Xiaohui demonstrates how to finesse music out of it.
So-called "grow houses," in which marijuana is grown indoors, are becoming increasingly common in the Pacific Northwest, particularly in the suburbs of Seattle. Authorities say the trend got a boost from loose mortgage-lending practices.
Paper records in hospitals and doctors' offices are starting to be replaced by digital ones. The items going online include lab results, daily blood pressure readings, medications, allergies and a health history. But privacy advocates warn against the trend.
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