Q. This week: Several months ago my mother was walking on her deck and got a splinter stuck in her leg. She didn't think anything of it until a few days later when her leg began to swell up and hurt.

BERKELEY, Calif. -- In 2012, California's Memorial Stadium saw the end of an extensive renovation. It was an ambitious project, done over the course of 21 months and at a cost of $321 million, with ...

The word “tapumes,” in Brazilian Portuguese, means something like “fencing” or “boarding,” and it refers to the cheap, splintery plywood-like wood product used to create the cheapest homes in the ...