Life

In life, one encounters curious situations the etiquette books fail to consider. Take, for example, the time street people used my car as an architectural feature for their temporary shelter. I park in the back lot of a hotel that’s seen better days.

LONDON - The London zoo is taking stock of an animal you don't often find behind bars, launching what it says is the first interactive map of the British capital's domestic cats.

Antiques expert says some of your old junk might be valuable

WASHINGTON - The horse meat scandal that is hitting Europe has yet to spread to the United States, allowing American consumers to rest easier when buying ground beef or sitting down for a plate of meatballs at Ikea.

Elderly couple have no plans to retire as long as they can manage the stairs between home and work

TORONTO - The melodious voices of a Canadian student chorus will soon be lifted in song for the next leader of the Catholic Church. Some 187 students from Toronto's St.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Georgia's got the peach, Maine's got the whoopie pie and now Rhode Island wants to claim calamari as an official state food: Specifically, its signature appetizer. The legislation filed this week by state Rep.

DETROIT - The speedometer on the Toyota Yaris says the tiny car can go 140 miles per hour. In reality, the bulbous subcompact's 106-horsepower engine and automatic transmission can't push it any faster than 109.

LONDON - If dresses could talk, this dark navy, figure-hugging velvet number would have the best stories to tell.

CHICAGO - Imagine students learning their ABCs while dancing, or memorizing multiplication tables while doing jumping jacks.