While I'm away, readers give the advice.

Dear Abby • A few weeks ago, I met a group of friends at a local pub. "Charlie" was the designated driver. As the evening progressed, I noticed Charlie was drinking beer. When I mentioned it, he sai

• Begin fall fertilization of cool-season lawns. Three light feedings made on a "holiday" schedule — approximately Labor Day, Halloween and Thanksgiving — work better than one single heavy appli

The 2-year-old has been at the Humane Society of Missouri since June, and he's ready to find a forever home with a loving family.

A girlfriend gave birth last week to a healthy, 9-pound baby boy. In the process of getting an epidural to numb the pain of labor, she ended up with such excruciating spinal headaches, she was unable

One of St. Louis' busiest acting couples, Kari Ely and husband Peter Mayer, just moved into their house in Richmond Heights. It's kind of chaotic, Ely admits; they're still living out of boxes. But sh

AMY JOHNSON

Consumer ratings service Angie's List talked to real estate agents and home remodelers nationwide to get a list of the best and worst when it comes to home improvements that boost your home's value.

Another factor that may play a role in blossom-end rot is acidic soil conditions. Low pH limits the amount of calcium available to plants. Tomatoes grow best in soils having a pH between 6.5 to 6.8.

I have a big blank wall over my couch, which holds three people comfortably. Do I hang two or three items over the couch? I recently hung two wall hangings, but a few people say never hang in twos, ha

I've just spent the entire summer fighting the heat and trying to keep my lawn healthy and green. Now that the weather is about to turn cooler, is there anything special that I need to do to care for

TODAY

BEIRUT • The leader of the proposed Manhattan Islamic cultural center near the site of the Sept. 11 World Trade Center attacks told a Persian Gulf newspaper that there was no conflict between Islam

Jewish and Mormon church leaders announced this week that church policies preventing the posthumous baptizing of Holocaust victims have reduced tensions between them.

The Humane Society of Missouri is offering a break on adoption fees today and Sunday for cats and dogs six months and older.

Officials on Friday held a ceremony at a former furniture display store and warehouse at 10521 Baur Boulevard to mark the beginning of the structure's conversion into St. Louis County's new animal she

For the last five or six years, Jeff Acton has gone without health insurance while hoping that his irregular heartbeat wouldn't land him in the hospital.

GRAND LAKE, Colo. -- Authorities say a run-in between a moose and a toddler in north-central Colorado appears to have been a freak accident.

A goat that wandered the northeast Missouri town of Mexico continues to be a popular figure even after its capture, so much so that an effort is under way to make it Mexico's official mascot.

ASSATEAGUE ISLAND, Md. -- Hurricane Earl stirred up heavy surf and buffeted the mid-Atlantic coast with strong wind gusts but posed no threat to the herd of wild ponies at Assateague Island.