Let's be frank

We want the best of the wurst, your all-dressed-up hot dogs.

The art of food

CuisineArt

Instead of de rigueur name tags, guests at Walker Art Center's "CuisineArt 2009: From Palette to Palate" on June 12 wore aprons

Transgender formalwear?

Dear Amy: I am a transgender twentysomething with a bit of an etiquette problem.

Dad's keys to life

Leo, Steve Meloche

Sometimes Father really does know best, especially when it comes to cars and money -- even if we don't realize it at the time.

Less room for plus sizes?

Measuring up

Some stores are cutting clothing for full-figured women, citing low demand.

Jolie, Pitt donate $1 million to U.N. refugee agency

A BUNDLE OF GOODWILL: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have donated $1 million to the U.N. refugee agency providing aid to hundreds of thousands uprooted by violence in Pakistan. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees says it is grateful for the donation from the Jolie-Pitt Foundation. It said the money will go to alleviating suffering caused by the "most challenging humanitarian crisis of the past decade." UNHCR says more than 2 million Pakistanis have been driven from their homes by fighting between government troops and Taliban militants in the northwest of the country. Jolie has visited refugees in Pakistan on three missions since becoming goodwill ambassador for the agency in 2001. The Oscar-winning actress took Pitt with her on one such visit in 2005.

Staying in character

People's hottest bachelor: The 23-year-old "Gossip Girl" star, who is slated to remake the 1984 film "Footloose," is People magazine's hottest bachelor of the summer. Also on People's list of sexy single men: Zac Efron, Robert Pattinson and Bradley Cooper.

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