In July, 64-year-old Patrice Fike sold her home in Coral Gables, Fla., and her Mercedes, stored most of her furniture and moved into a one-room studio where many of her meals are provided.
Holy Enrollers: Why Boomers Are Going to Divinity School
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Four-Day School Weeks
The kids in Caldwell Parish will be ditching a lot of school this year. Every Monday, to be precise–and they’re doing so with the principal’s permission
Mushroom Nation: Why America’s Fungus Fixation is a Patriotic Call to Dinner
Fungus that grows on rot might not, at first, seem the perfect image of our culinary ideals. And yet, if there is one food that can most perfectly symbolize America’s values in the way we eat and cook, it might well be mushrooms
The ‘Vacancy’ Blight: Finding New Uses for Empty Stores
Last spring, Manon Slome was walking down a street in New York City when she noticed something odd: “Store after store was closed. When stores are empty it’s like, ‘What’s going on?’ It was a feeling of siege.” Plenty of people in America could make the same observation
The Space Needle and sci-fi in Seattle
Got the rain jackets? So what if it rains a lot in Seattle
Massa given all-clear by Ferrari to begin comeback bid
Injured Formula One star Felipe Massa is looking forward to taking his first steps towards driving again after passing a series of mental and physical tests in Miami. His team Ferrari reported on its Web site on Tuesday that the Brazilian, who suffered horrific head wounds in Hungary in July, had come through the tests satisfactorily on Monday
Makin’ Bacon: Foodies Are Going Hog Wild Over Pig
It started this spring. First there was the friend with the uncharacteristic dirty fingernails. Then that confident co-worker swept off the elevator, tossed her tresses and suddenly there was a faint whiff of wood smoke in the air
Report: Swine flu could cause up to 90,000 U.S. deaths
The H1N1 flu virus could cause up to 90,000 U.S.
Celine Dion is pregnant with second child
Making good on her expressed desire to have more children, Céline Dion is pregnant. A rep for the 41-year-old singer confirmed the news to various outlets saying, “Celine and René [Angélil] are very happy,” and “They are crazy in love over the news and …
Swine flu has kids taking sanitizer, tissues back to school
Even 6-year-olds at Hamilton Central School in central New York came to school prepared for swine flu.