Before I had kids, I thought my perfect family would be two boys and a girl. I pictured my daughter and I having the close relationship I share with my mother. We would go shopping, get manicures, and whisper secrets. She would borrow my clothes and I’d tell her and …

Washington, D.C. – He had to give them something. During his first year in office, President Obama made the rounds of his constituents and tried to appease them all. For the pacifists there were promises to get out of Iraq. Self-loathing Americans were given a global, kowtowing, presidential apology tour. …

On the eve of a vote on the top priority of the president of the United States, everyone in Washington almost always knows how the vote will turn out. Not this time. That’s because there has not in the lifetime of anyone in this town been anything quite like this. …

You could slap down a couple Benjamins and get all 10 items in our Top 10 Spring Recessionista Fashion List, and still have enough money left for a skim latte. Andy Paige, author of “Style on a Shoestring,” and a style expert on TLC’s “10 Years Younger,” has put together …

Health officials across the U.S. have been worrying for months that there won’t be enough H1N1 vaccine to immunize everyone who needs protection against the flu virus. But this week, some officials in central Ohio said there may be a surplus due to waning public interest. A spokesman for U.S. …

EXCLUSIVE: What’s in a name? For an expectant mom who’s down on her luck, hopefully $25,000 or more. An Arkansas woman is offering the opportunity to name her seventh child to the highest bidder, starting at $150. The unemployed mother of six has posted an auction on eBay in hopes …

Over the weekend, Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that the public health care option is not essential. That means the secretary was signaling the White House may be backing away from government-run health care. However, within 24 hours, the White House said Ms. Sebelius had “misspoke.” Whenever you hear that, …

WASHINGTON – With a dubious nuclear technology program, the capture of British sailors last week and reports of meddling in fledgling Iraqi affairs,Iran (search)— a member of the now-notorious “axis of evil” — appears to be testing the waters to see how far it can push the West. Some foreign …

SoCostco (search)is selling caskets? I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Sorry, I couldn’t help myself. But lest you think this is a tacky thing, I think it’s a good thing. I know the funeral home industry thinks it’s awful. One operator says it will only mean he’ll …

I remember reading this story years ago about a guy who was fired at work yet no one immediately around him knew it at the time. So he kept coming into work. Every day at 9 a.m. sharp, he would take off his coat, neatly place it beside his desk, …