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Posted on: Thursday, 4 September 2008, 21:00 CDT By Helen Dennis Question: My sister is 74 and doesn't believe that lifestyle has anything to do with longevity. She smokes and does not exercise. Is t...

Posted on: Thursday, 4 September 2008, 21:00 CDT By Karen Robes Meeks Senior living is more than bingo, especially in Southern California, where programs are as diverse as the region's population. Ci...

CARDIFF: South Africa coach Mickey Arthur hinted that some of the senior members of his team may have played their last one-day internationals following the 4-0 one-day series defeat by England.

Australian women's wheelchair tennis star, Daniele di Toro, has reversed her decision to retire in order to compete at the beijing Paralympic Games this month. Di Toro called it quits after Athens 20...

Nassau County school districts, has had her membership in the state retirement system revoked, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said yesterday. While she has not collected any pension benefits, Ho...

A school bus aide in Montgomery County was charged yesterday with sexually abusing two female students, including an 11-year-old with special needs.

Nearly a year after New York City's first report cards for public schools were issued, the majority of the principals who ran the 52 schools labeled as failing remain in place.

Speakers opposed to the expansion of Columbia University in the western part of Harlem linked the university's plan with gentrification taking place elsewhere in Harlem.

The attorney general is preparing a lawsuit against Goal financial, charging that the lender broke laws by luring borrowers with cash and gifts and that it misled consumers about loan terms.

This week, the Dulwich Mum's morning bus ride takes her dangerously close to the less salubrious borough of Lambeth.