Ruth K. Westheimer (born 1928) gained fame for giving practical and straightforward advice for sexual problems. Known to her public simply as "Dr. Ruth," the New York psychologist, broadcaster, and writer Dr. Ruth Westheimer became known for giving out...

Yellow bows are wrapped around lamp posts on Main Street, and some deputies have pinned ribbons to their uniforms. Flower shops are overwhelmed with orders.This week's massacre at Virginia Tech cast gloom not just over the university's huge campus but also the community that surrounds...

Just like any other New Yorker, Michael Bloomberg spent a day on jury duty Monday. But unlike the other members of the pool, the billionaire mayor was greeted personally by the judge and attorneys, was asked for his autograph and was sketched by courtroom artists.Bloomberg,...

When Yo-Yo Ma plays, he likes to tell a story.On Tuesday night, he told the story of Dvorak's Cello Concerto _ on his 1733 Montagnana. His song without words was performed on a flower-decked stage at Avery Fisher Hall before a sellout audience in a...

An unprecedented study of sex and seniors finds that many older people are surprisingly frisky _ willing to do, and talk about, intimate acts that would make their grandchildren blush. That may be too much information for some folks, but it comes from the most...