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Don Auman of Charlotte Hall a member of the Southern Maryland Model-A Club stands beside his 1931 Ford Model-A coupe.

The U.S. government has declared it's OK to eat tomatoes again, lifting its salmonella warning amid signs that the outbreak -- while not over -- may finally be slowing.

Out with the old, and in with the....old-er? Yes, a slight revision to the longstanding saying, but nothing could be more accurate when applied to the reunion tour of the Stone Temple Pilots.

First it was fast-food burgers, then spinach, and now it's tomatoes. Unlike the big scare with the burgers and spinach, though, the source of the recent countrywide salmonella outbreak has apparently yet to be ...

There's something about summer at the beach or large bodies of water that allows guys to put down their defenses. Men who wouldn't be caught drinking a cocktail with a little parasol decoration or a flower garnish will gladly slug down a girlie drink. Multicolored sprinkles on your ice cream cone? Bring 'em on if you're on the shoreline. Reading InStyle? Sure, why not? We're on the beach!

That same attitude is true when it comes to men's bathing suits. Patterns that guys would normally run from are A-OK if they're on a pair of swim trunks. Bring on the hula prints, the parrots and turtles, the sea shells and sea horses, the exploded paisley, the overgrown hibiscus, the dancing crabs and lobsters, anything and everything plaid, geometric prints that will hurt your eyes. Wild patterns and loud colors rule the day.

Rolling Stone writer Claire Hoffman, who has written about her adventure pulling an all-nighter with Amy Winehouse and some of her friends, tells "Access Hollywood" that Amy is an A-OK chick.

Re: Audit backs city's choice The city's disastrous computer replacement project is obviously weighing heavily on Mayor Derek Corrigan's mind as the civic election approaches.

HOLLYWOOD - Context is all: It's hard to imagine ' The Middleman' , a new ABC Family series, arriving as part of a broadcast network fall season, or doing well there, even though it has much in common with ...

Two recent pieces in The Chronicle of Higher Education riff off a just-released report by the RAND Corporation to make the case that those who have argued that U.S. science and technology dominance is at risk ...

This just in from the Colorado Department of Agriculture: Colorado has been added to the Food and Drug Administration's list of states not associated with the latest food safety alert for certain types of red ...

It's said that necessity is the mother of invention. So when a group of York Region couples whose children had Autism Spectrum Disorders searched in vain for a summer camp to meet their special needs, they next ...

Bothell's BioLife Solutions Inc., a leading developer and marketer of proprietary hypothermic storage and cryopreservation media products for cells, tissues and organs, announced that its Master File for ...

The St. Regis, as it will appear, more or less, upon completion Maybe you remember how, last month, Sam posted something about the proposed St.

BY LINDA ZAVORALMcClatchy TribuneQ. I used my new passport to travel to St. Maarten and Spain.

SMYRNA - In 1984, nurse LuAnn Shepperd performed well-baby checks on a judge's desk.

NASA officials say everything is A-OK with the Phoenix Mars Lander, now in its third day on the red planet.

The May 17 release said the automatic carwash equipment supplier has come out with a new top sweeper spray bar and a new rear re-wash cycle.

“Because it was a hot day, and a very hot fire, working as hard as you need to on a blaze that size is hard on your body”

One firefighter was injured Thursday while battling a house fire in southwest Calgary and has been treated for heat exhaustion. via CBC

Domestic partnerships are not a good enough substitute for marriage, the justices ruled 4-3 in striking down the ban. via Rocky Talk Live

When blogger meets subject: CK, top left, bobs in behind topic 'A' of his most recent blog, Ayaya, January 2008. via Blogger Party