NEW YORK - With Sony Corp. chief Howard Stringer, media magnates Barry Diller and Conrad Black and Queen Noor of Jordan as guests, journalist Tina Brown's first TV talk show resembles one of her famed dinner parties.

 If you’re one of the estimated 100 million Americans who resolved to quit smoking, start exercising, find a life partner or otherwise do something good for themselves in 2009, this weekend will be pivotal. Will your New Year’s resolutions get off to a flying start or disintegrate on takeoff like a plywood glider at Kitty Hawk?

ST. LOUIS - Why wasn't I born rich instead of handsome? Or so the lament goes. But the nation's central bank now says that if you're gorgeous, chances are better that you will get paid more than plain folks.

In his best-selling book "Outliers", author Malcolm Gladwell examines the relationship between elite Canadian hockey players and the disproportionate likelihood of their birthdays coming in January, February or March.