Dear Abby: I'm a fiercely independent and headstrong woman. I have recently begun dating my childhood sweetheart, "Jess," again after 20 years. Jess is traditional and would prefer I surrender my independence and allow him to take the "man's" role. We are trying to compromise, but now another issue has come up. ...more

February 8, 2009

Edna Parker, who became the world's oldest person more than a year ago, has died at age 115. ...more

November 27, 2008

Fans of "Pushing Daisies" are sending flowers to ABC. ...more

November 19, 2008

Tired of negotiating pot holes that dot the area in front of the Ruskin post office, I recently drove around back of the Thriftway Plaza to Seventh Avenue Northeast. My interest was captured by a store-front sign that read Alvarez Tortilla Factory. Unless you're a neighborhood regular, it's a little off the beaten path. ...more

September 17, 2008

Tired of negotiating pot holes that dot the area in front of the Ruskin post office, I recently drove around back of the Thriftway Plaza to Seventh Avenue Northeast. My interest was captured by a store-front sign that read Alvarez Tortilla Factory. Unless you're a neighborhood regular, it's a little off the beaten path. ...more

September 17, 2008

Judd Apatow can do no wrong, apparently. Even in taking on a genre parody, an endeavor that would seem painfully hackneyed by now following "Scary Movie," "Epic Movie" and the like, the comic mastermind behind "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up" manages to find fresh laughs again and again. ...more

December 20, 2007