Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody seems to do anything about it. Well, not really. Long ago, to make it rain the Chinese fired rockets into the skies and sacrificed virgins by throwing them into rivers. Of course Native Americans have rain dances. But there’s one man near Fresno, who’s waging his own war [...]

Cigarette sales have plunged in a range from 30 percent to 60 percent in South Dakota since the $1 a pack increase in the state tax went into effect at the start of the year, tobacco dealers say.

Junk mail seems harmless enough. Maybe you’ll find something useful there. If not, you’ll just toss it out, right? But there are plenty of people who simply don’t want to fool with the stuff at all. Here are ways to get rid of 90% of the junk.

A new study debunks the widely held belief that diet plus exercise is the most effective way to lose weight. Researchers report that dieting alone is just as effective as dieting plus exercise.