Lincoln University (of Oxford, PA) hit the headlines when it began notifying students with a Body Mass Index (BMI) over 30 that they needed to either lose weight or take a course about exercise and nutrition. Needless to say, many students were upset, although the university is claiming that their...

If my washing machine didn't keep leaking, then I would have spent the early morning cleaning bathrooms, the living room, and our bedroom ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Instead, I spent the day doing my work -- editing and writing stories, answering e-mails, the usual -- in front of my...

Sears and my new LG steam washer are my crosses to bear right now. As I prepare for Thanksgiving -- the first one ever that my husband and I will be hosting -- I am sitting in front of my washing machine and a week's worth of laundry in a...