The aerobics room is packed with women every time Carlos Diaz teaches his dance class at the Roy Recreation Center.
Women taking the class say it has more to do with his personality than because he is a young, handsome dancer who showers them with attention — but could a subconscious attraction or the battle of the sexes be part of their...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — From the back of an Elk Grove, Ill., hair salon, two voices carry over the sound of running water. Valerie Reynoso-Piotrowski laughs heartily, cradled in a reclining salon chair with her head tilted into a black porcelain sink.
Judy Johnson massages shampoo into Valerie’s highlighted brown hair and talks about the...
Brandon Gonzales has been carrying his black Pantech cellphone with the slide-out keyboard for two years. Brandon is 12.
And he’s certainly not unusual. Over the last decade, the age of kids packing their first cellphone has been dialing back younger and younger.
This month, as millions of students swarm back to school, it’s...
A customer recently went to an independent bookstore and asked the clerk whether a certain title was available. “I’ve looked at Amazon,” he said, “and iBooks and — oh, sorry.”
“It’s OK,” the merchant replied about the online sellers that are putting many stores out of business. “We get that all the time.”
Welcome to today’s fast-...
HACKENSACK, N.J. — As freshman year approached, Montclair State University students Jenny Rich and Sam Donia wanted a certain type of roommate. Their criteria: not too high-strung, not too girlish and close enough in size that they could share clothes.
Even a few years ago, they would have had to leave such considerations to chance,...
