Kerouac doesn't live here anymore: Finding a friend on Desolation Peak

Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac spent a summer in a fire lookout on Desolation Peak in the North Cascades in the 1950s. A recent visit found a very different caretaker there.

Meredith Fineman: Fifty First (J)Dates: How to Pick Your First Date Spot

Exit strategies are very important. Be sure to pick somewhere you're at least familiar with the neighborhood, in case you have mistakenly contacted a boy who resembles Chewbacca, on a good day.

Westchester Company Touts ‘Trace’ The Bed-Bug Finder

Trace, a lab/pointer mix, from Westchester County may be the new 'top dog' in the bed-bug sniffing department.

State Fair celebrates coming year with heap of new food, fun

Cheese curds, country concerts and food on–a–stick — the Minnesota State Fair is back, and full of everything "Minnesotan." Starting Thursday, the state fair will feature 12 days of the classics, such as Sweet Martha's Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Judge to decide fate of seized basset hound

CHICO — A man who said he's been trying to get his dog back since May, when it escaped from his yard and was taken in by another man who intended to keep it, said the exchange might take place sometime today.