By Ruth Halkon writing for the Mirror. Police believe at least three dozen bodies have been stolen and sold to superstitious families wanting brides for buried bachelors The bodies of dead women in China are being snatched from graves and sold for thousands of pounds to feed a growing demand for ‘corpse brides’. In parts […]

STEPHANIE MLOT writing for PC Tech-savvy teens will have to find a new way to make personal connections: Tinder is reportedly barring users under the age of 18. Since its launch in 2012, the social network has allowed everyone 13 years and older, matching teenagers with others in the same age range. But starting next week, […]

By  Elysa Gardner, @elysagardner, USA TODAY The hottest ticket on Broadway is fast becoming the most-coveted ticket across the USA. The commercial blockbuster Hamilton will hit the road next year, and fans are chomping at the bit. They include Allison Alonso, who has seen the musical on Broadway but plans to catch it again in Boston — one of 12 cities […]

By: Mindy Lockard, Forbes Contributor Fashion is an ever-changing industry, winter whites give way to spring trends and just when we’ve broken in our favorite pair of $200 jeans, there’s a more current cut wooing us from the rack. Unlike fashion, the styles of dining etiquette are the same, season to season and year after year. Knowing a […]

by Kevin Sheridan We have all witnessed it. Some really well-liked, productive employee suddenly tenders his or her resignation, or maybe just doesn’t show up for work one day. The workplace quickly becomes abuzz with rumors of why the person quit. If the rumors are accurate then the reason most often lies with the newly […]

By Georgia Kral writing for AM New York In New York City, staying on top of the hottest new restaurants can be like an Olympic sport. Rushing to get a table and eat at the best new spot is a cutthroat game. But true restaurant lovers also appreciate the good old standbys — restaurants that […]

By: Maralee McKee MannersMentor.com Greetings! Texting etiquette hasn’t reached the heights of the tsunami of texts we send every day because no other technological form of communication has caught on so quickly. It’s easy to see why many have become so smitten. Texting is the 21st century equivalent of passing a note in class! It […]

By Brian Truitt, USA TODAY There may be a Falcon in Captain America: Civil War, but only one movie this summer features a whole flocking mess of personality. The Angry Birds Movie (in theaters Friday), a big-screen animated take on the popular video-game app, sees a peaceful island of flightless birds have to go to slingshot war […]

By Evan Andrews for History.com Local fairs and carnivals have been around since the Middle Ages, but modern amusement parks can trace their roots to the 19th century, when so-called “pleasure gardens” and “trolley parks” first flourished in the United States and Europe. These early resorts featured primitive—and often wildly unsafe—rollercoasters and rides, but they also […]

By Shea Bennett writing for Social Times/Adweek.com What’s your first memory of social media? Twitter, perhaps? Or maybe Facebook? If you’re of a certain age, you’ll likely remember when MySpace was very much numero uno amongst all social platforms. Roll the years back a little further, and you could have been one of the (relatively) few […]