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At what age is it appropriate to sleep in a top bunk? Six or older, some say. Others argue that it depends on the kid. But what if the kid is over fifty? Ohio-based personal chef Beth Mansfield wondered that herself last year during a five-week New Zealand trip that …

Hey, fashionistas! There’s nothing like a good year end tally of the best and worst of Hollywood. Naturally you expect my two cents on style, but this year I’m expanding my horizons to give you my take on the best and worst hairstyles of 2008. Here are the WORST this …

All I remember is how incredibly cautious he was. Not that he wasn’t decisive, just that he avoided making controversial decisions or doing anything controversial at all. His e-mails were never more than a few words. He liked it that way: Avoided any nasty paper trail that way. In fact, …

The food police at the Center for Science in the Public Interest have jumped on the recent health scare involving French fries and potato chips. Not surprisingly, its new effort at food terrorism is self-debunking. Swedish “scientists” surprised us in April with their finding that baking and frying high-carbohydrate foods …

The Bush administration announced last week that it wants to allow aging, coal-fired power plants to upgrade their facilities without installing costly air pollution-control equipment. Environmentalists, politicians from Northeast states and their allies on Capitol Hill and in the media are going nuts. Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., said,”the Republicans new …

NEW YORK – For years after the first Gulf War, the United Nations battled to keep everything except humanitarian aid from reaching Iraq. But U.S. lawmakers and experts believe the world body failed. The United Nations (search) first tried a series of sanctions to make Saddam Hussein (search) bend to …

Compassion and the Republican Party. Understanding and helping other people is the essence of compassion. Most politicians say they are compassionate, but that’s debatable because most politicians don’t understand what true compassion really is. Tonight, First LadyLaura Bush (search)and CaliforniaGovernor Schwarzenegger (search)will address the nation on the topic of how …

Saturday night was the annual White House Correspondents dinner. As usual, the honored guests are the president and the first lady. This year’s entertainer was Jay Leno who joked about just about everybody. “On the Record’s” guests were Kwame Jackson (No. 2 in “The Apprentice,” but sure to be a …

Should it surprise anyone that NBC’s summer reality series “Next Action Star” (search) fell flat on its face in the ratings? After all, what good is seeking out the next Jean-Claude Van Damme (search) when the real one hasn’t had a hit movie in over a decade? That’s why I …

Enough of watching everybody else get rich! I’m going to sue FOX News Channel because my job has exposed me to things that I find offensive. I’ve been subjected to Real-ities, likeOmarosa (search)from “The Apprentice” and Richard Hatch from “Survivor,”andI’m sure to be one of the first to havelistened to …