It started as a game of wizards, with three 10-year-old boys casting make-believe spells on a chicken in a coop. ...more

September 22, 2009

Dear Lyn: My mother is 82 and was officially diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2002. She lives with my husband and me. She currently believes she has two little children other than her five grown children. She has these spells in which she starts worrying about them and is afraid they are outside alone and can't get into the house. Sometimes she thinks they are ages 9 and 10. Other times she thinks they are about 2 years old. ...more

November 22, 2008

Earlier blooms. Less snow to shovel. Unseasonable warm spells. Signs that winters in the Northeast are losing their bite have been abundant in recent years, and now researchers have nailed down numbers to show just how big the changes have been. ...more

January 13, 2008

Many sports franchise are said to be afflicted with "curses" and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have suffered more than most. ...more

December 18, 2007

Those things that go bump in the night? About one-third of people believe they could be ghosts. ...more

October 27, 2007