Cable networks plan flood of royal wedding shows
NEW YORK — Television viewers will be able to see hours on hours of programming tied to this spring's royal wedding before Prince William and Kate Middleton even approach Westminster Abbey for their big day.

Groom Your Dog -- and Bond With It
Our notions of grooming often conjure up images of Fifi the poodle being primped by the pros, or dog show contestants being made over before their time in the spotlight. In reality, grooming originated in the wild. Wolves and other wild canines regularly groom each other, using their front teeth like combs. They will also lick each other's ears, faces and other areas to help their pack mates clean otherwise hard-to-reach places. The skin stimulation and repetitive motion relaxes the animals, so they appear to look forward to their grooming periods.

Guidance on the bride's hairstyle for the big day
NEW YORK - Maybe that first call a bride-to-be makes after finding her fairy-tale wedding gown shouldn't be to her mother. Maybe it should be to her hairdresser.

Jones: Time to stop being God's runaway bride
You may remember the story a few years ago of a young woman from Gwinnett County who went jogging and failed to return. A missing persons report was filed, and a manhunt began. She later turned up in Las Vegas, her hair cut and dyed, with a story about being abducted by a woman and a man she described as Hispanic. What began as the story of an abduction ended up being the story of the "Runaway Bride."