High-tech gifts: Touch and Windows 7 in fresh PC lineup

A guide to what’s fresh, ranging from “netbooks” to super-sized “all-in-one” desktop computers. Read More

Analysis: Econ. 101 by way of a toy hamster

How the Zhu Zhu Pets’ craze tells us a lot about the state of the economy. Read More

Looking for live?

If you prefer to have a live tree rather than an artificial one, Lowcountry Christmas tree lots are preparing to sell them starting Friday. Clemson University's Home and Garden Information Center provides tips to help ensure that you buy a fresh tree that stays that way throughout the season: ... Read More

Get ducts in row with regular maintenance

Q: How dirty do heating ducts get in a year? Is it necessary to clean them yearly as my wife insists? Read More

Timing is key to lawn

Late-season nitrogen can do more harm than good

My dogs are gross. I love them and I'd bawl if something happened to them, but I'm here to tell you they are gross. They lick things they shouldn't be licking, eat things not meant to be eaten. Read More

Youngest survivor to speak here

Oskar Schindler was a German businessman who ran enamelware and ammunitions factories in the 1930s and 1940s. The industrialist initially employed Jews because their labor was cheap. He is remembered for saving about 1,200 Jews from the Nazi genocide. One of them was Leon Leyson, who was ... Read More

Well-done book on joys of 'Cooking for One'

THE PLEASURES OF COOKING FOR ONE. By Judith Jones. Knopf. 273 pages. $27.95. Read More

Director explores passionate givers

Billed as a "witty and inspiring" documentary about the profound gesture of giving, writer-director Robin Baker Leacock's "A Passion for Giving" airs at 5 p.m. today on WITV. Read More

Pet Briefs

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Essays paint picture of America

A NEW LITERARY HISTORY OF AMERICA. Edited by Greil Marcus and Werner Sollors. Harvard University Press. 1,095 pages. $49.95. Read More

Book goes on Hudson voyage

HALF MOON: Henry Hudson and the Voyage that Redrew the Map of the New World. By Douglas Hunter. Bloomsbury. 329 pages. $28. Some 195 years before Meriwether Lewis and William Clark began their momentous "Voyage of Discovery" across the unexplored American West, H... Read More

Gibson, Jackson offer great insights into game

SIXTY FEET, SIX INCHES. By Bob Gibson and Reggie Jackson, with Lonnie Wheeler. Doubleday. 273 pages. $26. Read More

'Children's Book' creative, cautious

THE CHILDREN'S BOOK. By A.S. Byatt. Knopf. 678 pages. $26.95. Read More

The Rock smells what WWE is cooking

Monday Night Raw fans have seen a number of celebrities from various fields serve as guest hosts over the past few months. Since WWE implemented the guest-host concept in June, its flagship show has entertained such diverse personalities as ZZ Top, the Rev. Al Sharpton, Shaquille O’Neal and the Osbournes. Read More

Garden Calendar

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Real Estate Transactions

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Artificial trees come in hues and styles that rival real things

Faux real

Remember when the color of your Christmas tree referred to things such as lights, ornaments and bows? Well, Virginia, things aren't that way anymore. So get ready to consider trees that come in gold, orange, pink, purple, red and several other colors. Read More

Conifer grows in the swamps

Sweet is the swamp with its secrets, Until we meet a snake; 'Tis then we sigh for houses, And our departure take. -- Emily Dickinson I must here disagree with Ms. Dickinson. Read More

This Week's House Plan

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Wreaths that wow

I love gorgeous garland. I adore shimmering, showy Christmas tree ornaments. And I've never met a set of holiday dishes that hasn't set my heart on fire. Read More