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CHICAGO — It’s been eight years since her then-pimp took Nicole to a North Side Chicago parlour and paid $60 to have her branded on her neck with a horseshoe tattoo and tiny letters underneath, spelling “Productions.

CRESAPTOWN, Md. - Hazard Wilson's new cellmate is a hairy bundle of energy whose playful zeal can't be contained by steel doors: a five-month-old golden retriever.

LONDON - Two London-based chefs with roots in Jerusalem one day. The next, poster boys for peace.

Expect to see more diesels, more hybrids and more power in a number of all-new offerings by various manufacturers this year. By all indications, 2013 is going to be busy, with lots of choices for consumers.

Andrew Morton realized his adopted son, Devin, truly felt at home when he overheard the 10-year-old boy defending himself while being teased.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Many women don't need to be screened for cervical cancer after a hysterectomy, but a new study says most get the test anyway.

There’s a website called First World Problems. People write in about the trials and tribulations of being middle-class North Americans with nice clothes and comfy houses.

Julie Deardorff Chicago Tribune The fitness wake-up call can be a powerful catalyst for change. For Matthew Richter-Sand, it came during a flight home to see his family.

If you've got your decor looking just about right but want that extra "wow" factor, consider painting interior doors.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida — Ashley Messingschlager was a perfect choice for The Women Anglers of Florida Sportsman 2013 calendar. The Fort Lauderdale native grew up fishing offshore and in the Bahamas on the family’s Hatteras.