Back-to-school budget blow-out

PARENTS are being encouraged to use savvy budgeting and effective time management to combat the back-to-school blues.

Islandia, a Florida City That Never Was

Miami-Dade County officials are expected to abolish the city of Islandia, a desolate chain of 33 islands that mid-century land developers had hoped to turn into a rollicking resort town.

Is Popular Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Making a Run for Congress?

"I have cast my yarmulke into the ring..."

Returning to work after maternity leave is bittersweet: NICKI'S NOTEPAD column

I t's good to be back. Bittersweet, but still good. For those of you who were unaware, I was off for a full year on maternity leave after my beautiful daughter, Isabella, came into the world.[...]

Corona del Mar Today

CORONA DEL MAR, CALIFORNIA — When former newspaper reporter Amy Senk decided to get back into journalism, she wasn’t sure how to begin. “When I was reporting, we barely had Internet or e-mail,” she says.