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One more week until the Oscars: Most of the major nominees are still in theaters-and one opens this weekend-so you can still catch them before March 2. And if you're all up to date, you could sit back, pop on your 3-D glasses, and enjoy the destruction of an ancient Roman City. -
According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, we are 5-foot-4 or shorter, weigh between 150 and 160 pounds on average, and wear a size 14. These hard cold stats are way too scary, but they are exactly why you need to go see the movie Gloria, Chile's Oscar-nominated best foreign… -
I started paying attention to my skin when I hit 50. Before that I would slap on whatever cream was around, used sunscreen only when I was at the beach, and figured I'd already damaged my skin by spending countless hours in the sun, slathered with baby oil mixed with iodine, even speeding up the… -
Chef and author Bryant Terry says that being a food justice activist could mean lots of things - for example, fighting for small family farmers or supporting major reform of national agriculture policies. -
I'll admit it: I love a good to-do list. When I've got a lot on my plate, or even when I don't, there's something so satisfying about crossing things off as I go. -
Normally it's those 65 and older who get hit hardest by the flu, but this flu season has been particularly deadly for young and middle-aged adults, causing many more deaths and dramatically higher hospitalization rates than the previous three seasons. -
A new report by the Congressional Budget Office offers fodder for both sides of the debate about raising the nation's $7.25-an-hour minimum wage. -
Kevin Costner has starred in his share of action films - No Way Out and Waterworld come to mind - but there's this nagging sense that his new shoot-'em-up, 3 Days to Kill, is Costner's attempt to "pull a Liam Neeson" - that is, to supercharge his career at midlife by starring in an over-the-top… -
The White House says it is dropping a proposal that would have lowered the cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security and other government social programs, according to published reports.