It is Monday afternoon and what a lovely March day it is! The temperature is almost 70 degrees. The sun is shining, but it's windy. I have clothes hanging on the lines, which was a little bit challenging to hang up, especially bed sheets and blankets. I love the Polygrip clothes pins. I still ...

The biggest new restaurant trend is small. Special menus with petite, less expensive portions are popping up all over, from large chains like Olive Garden and The Cheesecake Factory to trendy urban eateries and farm-to-fork dining rooms. Restaurants hope that offering smaller servings ...

DEAR ANNIE: I never thought I would be writing to an advice column, but here I am, because my heart is full and my mind is spinning. I am a Catholic woman in my early 30s, and I have fallen deeply in love with a wonderful man who is Jewish. He is kind, thoughtful, funny and steady in a way ...

DEAR HELOISE: I have several hints for multiple ways to use a 5-inch electric fan on a kitchen counter. You can use it to cool off closed containers of warm food before storing them in a fridge or freezer. You can place a paper towel under a colander and use the fan to dry washed grapes, ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: In a recent column, you mentioned that the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine prevents neck and head cancer in men. I am 75 and do not recall ever getting an HPV vaccine. Should I get one now? —J.L.I. ANSWER: For many years, tobacco (smoking, snuff, chewing tobacco, etc.) ...

Many hands offer declarer a choice of two or more lines of play. Declarer’s job in these cases is to try to find the method of play most likely to succeed —in other words, the percentage play. In considering his options, declarer should examine all the possibilities and not just the ...