"If someone emerges as a rival to Joey Chestnut it transforms the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest into an event," Moore said.

Pet, the reality is simple: many hands make light work. When more people pitch in, the workload is shared and no one has to carry the responsibility alone.

A new ranking of the nation's wealthiest suburbs, as measured by household income, finds much of America's wealth concentrated in a few metropolitan areas.

Kilgore Memorial Library requested $47,806 to fix a wall that broke a few months ago. The wall separated two meeting rooms, so right now only one room can be used.

A fishing trip of the California coast last week produced an extraordinary catch: a type of octopus that constructs its own shell to ride ocean currents.

David Hoffmann built an executive search firm that became the foundation of a diversified family business spanning more than 100 companies.

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