Life

For it's one, two, three strikes, you're ... married? A major league baseball stadium might be one of the last places you would consider for your fairytale wedding.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The traditional bridal gown isn't a skimpy silhouette: It's long and typically without a plunging neckline or high slit. There's often a whole lot of fabric.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Buying a diamond ring can be intimidating. What do you look for? How much should you pay? Should you buy online or in a store? Demystify the process by learning about the four C's: carat, colour, clarity and cut.

Christmas, 1943, and a deadly game of cat and rat was underway in heavy seas atop Norway — the Royal Navy as cat and Nazi warship Scharnhorst the rat. Unaware, however, of this pursuit were the sailors of 19 merchant vessels in Convoy JW55B.

The classic comic strip Love Is … would carry some surprise endings if Barbara L. Fredrickson were writing it. Her decades of research into positive emotions has led her to some unsentimental conclusions.

SACRAMENTO, California — When Cassidy Myers moved back home last summer, the 24-year-old college graduate and her parents figured it’d be just a matter of weeks — three months, max — until she landed a new job.

SALT LAKE CITY - The Boy Scouts of America have rejected an application for a scouting troop sponsored by a Utah gay rights organization.

PHILADELPHIA - After a fire broke out at Dorothy Phillips' apartment in Philadelphia, the Red Cross gave her a temporary place to stay. Unfortunately, the shelter would not accept her beloved dog, Max.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - They stream in from teens around the United States, cries for help often sent in by text message. "I feel like committing suicide," one text read.

That time you’re spending on Facebook may not be wasted productivity, after all. At least, that’s what yet another Facebook-based study has found.