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When told that her new novel, "Lipstick Jungle," which features women in their 40s struggling to ... In 'Lipstick Jungle,&#

When told that her new novel, "Lipstick Jungle," which features women in their 40s struggling to get ahead in the man's world of New York business, is featured in a More magazine article about "hen lit," Candace Bushnell looks startled. "Hen lit? What on earth ..." she wonders.

The mature woman's chick lit, I explain. A phrase as dismissive as "chick lit" -- perhaps more so.

"Oh, ...

Figuring out how to regulate group homes and other housing in Tacoma is a tricky issue, says Taco... Tacoma debates housing ban

Figuring out how to regulate group homes and other housing in Tacoma is a tricky issue, says Tacoma growth manager Peter Huffman.

Even defining terms such as emergency housing and transitional housing takes time, and not everyone can immediately agree on what they mean.

So Tacoma's growth management staff wants City Council members to extend a moratorium on creating certain types o...

The standards for evaluating President Bush's Supreme Court nominees are becoming more muddled w... Editorial | Supreme Court N

The standards for evaluating President Bush's Supreme Court nominees are becoming more muddled with each passing day. What's surprising is that the nomination waters are being roiled by the political right, not by the left.

Conservatives have been claiming for years that they don't all think alike. It took the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court to prove the point.

W...

There's something about fall that says "books." Maybe it's because publishers save some of thei... Warm up with these new reads

There's something about fall that says "books." Maybe it's because publishers save some of their most interesting and appealing titles for fall. This year, they're giving us books from such big-name writers as Amy Tan, Salman Rushdie, E.L. Doctorow, Tracy Kidder, Frank McCourt, Jane Smiley and Joan Didion - among many others. So if the prospect of shorter days and chilly weather makes stayin...

Philip Seymour Hoffman finds life, struggle in the world of 'Capote' Philip Seymour Hoffm... Playing capote...

Philip Seymour Hoffman finds life, struggle in the world of 'Capote'

Philip Seymour Hoffman knows the voice well, the one any actor hears in his head sometimes after performing a scene onstage or on a movie set. It's the voice that murmurs: You're doing it all wrong.

"The level of self-criticism while doing 'Capote' was just unbearable," says the star of the superb new film, i...

(KRT) - Hugh Hefner had changed out of his customary silk pajamas into a sleek Armani suit, a sig... Once teetering on the edge

(KRT) - Hugh Hefner had changed out of his customary silk pajamas into a sleek Armani suit, a signal to associates that something special was afoot at the Playboy Mansion. His three young girlfriends gathered around him, aiming their uncommonly white smiles toward a camera set up in his living room.

Hefner has a reputation for impatience at moments like these. He gets photographed nearly ...

You could have been forgiven for thinking someone spiked your drink or that you popped a dud, whe... The creative circus comes

You could have been forgiven for thinking someone spiked your drink or that you popped a dud, when inflatable beach toys began zooming around the Loeries tent on Saturday, as in keeping with the 'Loeries at the beach' theme, beach balls hung from the fairy-lit big top and inflatables bedecked the entrance. Killer whales, sharks, boats and sea monsters began fights in all parts of the huge 200...

LONDON (Reuters) - Men who pay for sex with women who have been trafficked into the sex trade cou... Men who pay for sex could

LONDON (Reuters) - Men who pay for sex with women who have been trafficked into the sex trade could be prosecuted for rape, a government minister told a Sunday newspaper.

"Whenever a man knowingly has sex with a woman against her will, that is rape," junior Home Office minister Tony McNulty told The Observer.

"For example, if a trafficked woman told a man who had paid to have sex wi...

Mississippi's storm death toll rose this week to 224 with the discovery of two more bodies.<... 2 more bodies found in Miss....

Mississippi's storm death toll rose this week to 224 with the discovery of two more bodies.

At the same time, most of the 771 people reported missing after Hurricane Katrina have been accounted for, officials said Friday.

Authorities also have located many coastal residents identified by the state Department of Public Safety as convicted sex offenders.

Harrison County Coroner...

SO the fair sex are going to be allowed to take on their male counterparts in next year's Open.<... The Punter: Ladies first? n

SO the fair sex are going to be allowed to take on their male counterparts in next year's Open.

But what chance has a women of taking the famous Claret Jug?

Absolutely none, as far as I'm concerned despite all the hype about young teenage star Michelle Wie.

The reason is quite simple. Women do not have the physical strength to challenge the men. It's the same sort of thing ...