
Give the gift of preserving the garden harvest
Give a gift that helps your favorite gardeners enjoy the flavors of their garden well past the end of the growing season.
Give a gift that helps your favorite gardeners enjoy the flavors of their garden well past the end of the growing season.
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Nothing says the holidays like a poinsettia. This year, try some new ways to display this festive plant.
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I have to hand it to the inimitable Charles Pierce of Esquire magazine.
LOS ANGELES -- This is Beyoncé's house, and we're just living in it.
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When my iPhone stopped working earlier this month, I spent an hour trying to fix it before I gave up. I scheduled the earliest-available appointment at an Appl…
Travis Kelce let slip his nickname for Taylor Swift as he thanked the superstar for cheering on his new NFL record.
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Congressional dysfunction took a dangerous turn this month. In the House, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy allegedly elbowed Rep. Tim Burchett in the kidney (McCa…
I like one-pan meals. They're easy to make and best, cleaning up is a breeze. There's only one pot to wash.
Two types of strong, flavorful mustards give the sauce for this sautéed chicken its character. It's a version of a typical French bistro dish.
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A new analysis from researchers at the American Cancer Society suggests the distressing disparity in outcomes for Black and white colon cancer patients could n…
Open enrollment is the window of time at the year's end when consumers make a critical health care decision -- which health insurance plan to buy for the comin…
A new electric truck will come with its own gas generator to improve reliability. That may sound like a headline from The Onion. But it's no joke.
Listening to Republican lawmakers and conservative voices, you might think that the ESG investment movement -- which focuses on environmental, social and gover…
November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about the risk factors for pancreatic cancer and what you can do to k…
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LONDON -- Conditioning for pregnancy has some things in common with preparing to run a race.
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When Charles Hammer, a theoretical physicist at Iowa State University, dialed the Georgia telephone number he was told to call in 1975 -- at precisely the time…
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The Christmas season is upon us and it's time to pick out that iconic symbol of the season -- the tree.
TAMPA, Fla. -- It started as a typical opening reception at the University of Tampa's Scarfone/Hartley Gallery.
This holiday, give a gift that keeps giving and requires no dusting -- a beautiful amaryllis that is sure to generate smiles from family and friends as they wa…
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In 2016, California Democratic state Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva sat with then-California Gov. Jerry Brown at an event where he signed baseball-type card…
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