Fingers

"'Course it's a legend. But legends be the only stories as is true." Grandpa, in "Misty of Chincoteague," by Marguerite Henry As he motors his pontoon boat away from the dock and into one of the shallow channels that surround Chincoteague Island, tour...

by Mark Silva Hands down, this has been the weirdest day of the health-care debate. If the presidential election was no nail-biter, the finger-biting in California this week has escalated the rhetoric of an already over-heated debate over health-care...

That's a blurry iPhone picture of Dan Brown standing at the mic, right, with longtime editor Jason Kaufman at Gotham Hall in New York on Monday night. The two men -- plus a few hundred friends and colleagues -- were......

The condition, known interchangeably as Dupuytren's contracture or Dupuytren's disease, contorts the hands and makes even simple tasks — holding a glass, washing up or shaking hands — virtually impossible. In some instances an affected hand...

Tournament season is close at hand off Cabo San Lucas and already anglers are trying to figure out where the big billfish are lurking. The high banks beyond Punta Gorda in the Sea of Cortez might be one area. That's......

You take some time off from work, and thus from following the news minute by minute, so when the moment comes to re-immerse yourself, it can be a bit of a cold-water shock. Like catching up on those raucous healthcare town halls. I always think of town...

Update from PauGasol.com (a site that somehow manages to get exclusive stuff with Lakers forward Pau Gasol on a regular basis), Lakers trainer Gary Vitti caught up with El Spaniard in Espana and checked out the digit injured during practice with the...

From edgy to ethereal, these hair and makeup looks from New York???s Spring 2010 runways shows were some of the most inspiring or wearable. Rodarte???s dark and webby dresses called for a hairstyle that was just as intricate. This may......

A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted unanimously today to recommend approval of an experimental drug to treat Dupuytren's contracture, a disabling disorder in which the fingers curl, making it difficult to use the hands for everyday...

*Updates to reflect that "Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me" is a live show. Kelly Slater, who has been elusive and evasive recently because all anyone seems to want to talk to him about is a controversial pro surfing tour......

â??Thatâ??s life: One minute, youâ??re on top of the world; next minute, some secretaryâ??s running you over with a lawn mower.â?? Ah, the wise words of Joan Harris nee Holloway. This was Joanâ??s episode to shine. Seriously, what...

Crenshaw receiver Geno Hall suffered a compound fracture of his right ring finger in practice earlier this week. No way Hall would play for the Cougars against Fontana Miller, right? Wrong. Not only did Hall play, but he made several......