Doctor, you can't be serious! They might sound barking, but some of our crazy DIY remedies actually work

VICTORIA LAMBERT took 15 of the most interesting and asked a variety of medical specialists to explain why they might work - and how.

Intern Horrors: The Worst Entourage Subplot Of All Time [Interns]

# interns Welcome back to Intern Horrors, the weekly feature where interns sound off about horrible bosses and bosses sound off about horrible interns. Today: ice cream runs in Tinseltown, clogging toilets in Vegas, and more. Let's do it to it. Sic'd and sick. More »

Dads, sons leave comfort zone behind on coastal hike

Reporter Craig Hill and photographer Drew Perine had great expectations as they strapped backpacks on their sons for the first time earlier this month. Hill and Perine have backpacked together over some of Washington’s most scenic terrain, and they thought it was about time to introduce this activity to their sons. The plan was for the kids to be dazzled by the mystic sight of sea stacks veiled ...

Leave your comfort zone behind

We had great expectations as we strapped backpacks on our sons for the first time earlier this month.

The Next Page: Cutting Steak With Scissors

The new school year is always a beginning. But for a college freshman, it's a new life: breaking away from family (finally!) and going out on your own. AMANDA OTTAWAY chronicled the experience in her first year at Davidson College. Alas, she has no family trauma to report.

Mourners draw pop culture parables

As you might have read in an AP wire story in this issue, the 33rd anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death on Monday has drawn a crowd of the faithful and true believers in the King of Rock and Roll to mourn and reminisce. The notion that any dead celebrity merits that sort of attention should not shock anyone, especially considering the stellar contributions Elvis made to the world of music and ...