WASHINGTON – You can go home again. Baby Boomers are turning away from nursing homes as an option for their aging parents, as a financial crunch and a flashback to their 60s style has them moving their parents back home to live with them. “I do think boomers have this …

Minivans may not be as cool as they once were — OK, maybe cool is the wrong word — but for many American families they are still the only vehicle that will do. Sales are down from a high of 1.3 million in 2000 and are projected to be less …

Helmand Province, Afghanistan – First in a series Helmand Province, Afghanistan – To Americans of my generation and older, Korea is “The Forgotten War.” For this generation, it’s Afghanistan – or to be precise, Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). This seven-year long campaign against Al Qaeda and the Taliban in the …

Guess who may be checking you out on Facebook, Wikipedia and MySpace? The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are poring over non-verifiable profiles on the Web to help decide who should be allowed into the country and who may pose a threat to national security. Information is even …

For five years, a lone professor has painstakingly been translating and transcribing more than 1,500 audiocassettes in his personal search for revealing clues about the most wanted terrorist in the world: Usama bin Laden. Flagg Miller, a professor of religious studies at the University of California at Davis, has been …

NEW YORK CITY – Former President Jimmy Carter is reportedly preparing an unprecedented meeting with the leader of Hamas, an organization that the U.S. government considers one of the leading terrorist threats in the world. The Arabic-language newspaper Al-Hayat reported Tuesday that Carter was planning a trip to Syria for …

The explanation seemed plausible enough. Despite having a French-sounding last name, two video cameras with night-vision capability and a car that belonged to someone else, what could a man standing on a deserted road in Upstate New York, just a few feet from the Canadian border, possibly be up to …

Massage therapy isn’t just for the rich and famous who want to spend a luxurious afternoon at the spa. Twenty-four percent of Americans have had a massage at least once in the past 12 months, according to the American Massage Therapy Association’s Web site. The demand for massage therapy comes …

Did Madonna Injure A-Rod? | Nicole Gives Birth Sans Kids; Taking Beatles to Cleaners; Bard Biz Did Madonna Injure A-Rod? Let’s start an urban legend. This one is about Madonna and Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez. Much has been made of the Madonna-A-Rod timeline. Here it is: A-Rod attended Madonna’s …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Post Mortem This is what the Associated Press wrote today about John Edwards’ decision to drop out of the presidential race. The AP said Edwards was — “ending a scrappy underdog bid in which he steered his rivals toward progressive ideals while …