Stars and Stripes - Military Life

Six days a week, motorists speed over the cobblestone streets of this small suburb of Pordenone. But traffic comes to a halt Friday mornings as thousands of pedestrians converge on a weekly outdoor market that dates back to who-knows-when. Such markets are common across Italy and hark back to the days before refrigerators, when people did their food shopping every day.

Dear Liz: I am 27 and make a great salary and commission for my age. I recently set a personal goal of having $30,000 saved by the time I turn 30 as a down payment to buy my first home. ...

San Ho is in the middle of nearly a dozen kalbi jim restaurants on an alley in Daegu. The area of town is known for its specialty — merely saying "kalbi jim" to the taxi driver will get you exactly where you want to be.

A taste of Americana can be found in a rather unlikely place: a prime location behind St. Mark's Square in Venice.

It should come as no surprise to those familiar with the antics of my sons that "timeouts" just didn't work with them.

Q. I read that 30 percent of all World War II vets are now stepping forth with PTSD. I believe my dad will be one of them. He is 85 and was in the Battle of the Bulge. I would like to kn...

You play as Morris, a trooper assigned to the 7th Cavalry just before the Battle of Little Bighorn. Since your paperwork was botched — imagine that — there's no record of you at Custer's last stand. That makes you an ideal candidate for Kronotek. The time-travel group picks up history's MIAs and turns them into agents who go back in time to study history's mysteries or fix problems caused by other time travelers.

In "WET," an M-rated action game from Bethesda Softworks, Rubi gets caught up in a web of treachery spun in the Asian underworld. You guide her through a series of adventures that leaves a trail of blood halfway around the globe.

Masks can be menacing when hiding a pro wrestler, mysterious when adorning a Mardi Gras reveler or sad when concealing the pain of everyday life. It's those invisible, but very real, mask...

Petty Officer 2nd Class Ron Cliatt has a hard time shopping for shoes. He wears a size 13E, not easy to find in small uniform shops.

Seldom do I get to taste the authentic flavors of foreign lands other than the one I'm living in at the time — at least I didn't until recently. Yokosuka residents don't have to travel th...

Cafes and bars in bustling downtown Bamberg pride themselves mostly on a variety of drinks, cocktails or a famous locally brewed beer. But Rixx in the German city has something else, something ...

For the first time in my life, I have butterflies in my stomach about the first day of school. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the fact that I'm the teacher this time at a school wh...

This is not me. It's not like me to be on the verge of tears during open house at my daughter's new high school. I'm a grown woman. People write to me for advice, for encouragement. This week I...

The battle of the bands heats up again this month with the release of "The Beatles: Rock Band" and "Guitar Hero 5." However, the music-game giants are looking to capture fans through two entirely different strategies.

The city of Vicenza is installing traffic cameras in an attempt to dramatically reduce traffic in a large section of its downtown. The cameras are being set up at the entrances to an area...

Bob Hope's Christmastime visits to troops in Korea and Vietnam; Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders tours in Iraq; NFL football players' meet-and-greets in Afghanistan. They all have one thing in common: They were sponsored by the United Service Organizations.

Dear Liz: I am looking at a layoff in the near future, possibly in two to four months. I have paid off all my credit card bills and use the cards sparingly now. I have several loans, inc...

Finding a job can be hard enough when everything goes right for you. When life hands you a life-altering curveball finding a job becomes even more difficult. Those situations seem to happen mor...

Whether you are new to the East Anglia region of southern England and looking for something new to eat or have worked up an appetite shopping at the local market, don't pass up the opportunity ...