The longest running black sitcom in history, Family Matters debuted in 1989 and aired on prime-time television for a total of nine years. Created by William Bickley and Michael Warren, the show featured a multi-generational, working-class black family...

Family Matters is an American sitcom about a middle-class African-American family living in Chicago. The series aired from September 22, 1989 to May 9, 1997 on ABC and, with a network change, moved to CBS on September 19, 1997 to July 17, 1998. The...

Envy, by Kathryn Harrison. Random House, 301 pages, $24.95. “Can it be true that all of Will's patients are consumed by the topic of sex? Getting it. Not getting it. Getting it, but not enough of it. Getting it but not It. Coming, not...

Envy, by Kathryn Harrison. Random House, 301 pages, $24.95. "Can it be true that all of Will's patients are consumed by the topic of sex? Getting it. Not getting it. Getting it, but not enough of it. Getting it but not It. Coming, not coming,...

Eunice Kennedy Shriver is defying her doctors' predictions as she recovers from a series of strokes, said her son-in-law, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.Shriver's family was told she would "never speak again" because of damage caused by the strokes, the governor said, but the 85-year-old Shriver has...

A Jordanian court sentenced a man to six months in prison Monday for killing his pregnant sister _ an "honor killing" the man said was necessary to uphold his family's reputation.The court justified the lenient sentence, saying it was warranted due to the "state of...