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Parents in the town of LeRoy, NY are not convinced by the diagnosis of conversion disorder to explain the twitching that has afflicted some of the local teenage girls. CBS News correspondent Seth Doane reports.

Executive chef Craig Strong of Studio, the signature restaurant of Montage Laguna Beach resort in Southern California, has given the term farm-to-table a literal translation. The spices and herbs used for Strong’s celebrated California-French cuisine are grown just steps from his dining room tables in a garden he planted in ...

Troy Adams is widely regarded as the creator of FusionDesign, an amalgam of American, European, and Asian design aesthetics and sensibilities. Now the Los Angeles–based interior designer has opened Studio Becker by Troy Adams Design, a by-appointment, state-of-the-art kitchen, bath, and home design showroom described as an e-ticket attraction for ...

"The military has learned that when you seed an economy, people will put down their guns," says Connie Duckworth . "That’s why the Marines asked me to don 30 pounds of body armor to meet with them in Helmand Province in Afghanistan," where she had established Arzu Studio Hope , an artisanal rug manufacturer that employs 1,000 women, who in turn support 4,000 family members in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is officially the worst place in the world for women, according to a 2011 study by Thompson Reuters Trust Law.

Bertie Country, North Carolina, is an agricultural community, but most of its residents still don't have access to fresh food. With this new market, they will--plus some beautiful architecture.

Want a ballerina body? "Back away from the barre," says Brynn Jinnett, 27, a Harvard University-educated former professional ballerina who danced in the film Black Swan. Jinnett, who'd been dancing since the age of three, was frustrated by the fitness trend of barre method classes.