Lawn care chat today: At noon, Virginia Tech turf experts answer your questions

Virginia Tech turf expert Mike Goatley and weed specialist Jeff Derr answer your questions about lawn care and fall renovation at www.HRHomeandGarden.com. E-mail advance questions to kvanmullekom@dailypress.com. Get quick tips about fall lawn care at www.dailypress.com/digginblog

After learning their baby has brain cancer, Wymer family cherishes every day together

YORK - By now, the Wymer family is in Memphis again, visiting St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital for their 1-year-old daughter, Sophia Hope.

Fair Or Not, 'Freedom' Has Earned Its Accolades

Why all the adulatory attention, critics ask, for Jonathan Franzen's latest domestic drama about marriage and family? Even though Franzen gets more praise for doing what many fine female writers do "backwards and in heels," critic Maureen Corrigan says Freedom has earned its high praise.

Sophia hope

YORK — By now, the Wymer family is in Memphis again, visiting St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital for their 1-year-old daughter, Sophia Hope. In January, Jon and Tiffani Wymer moved to York with Sophia and their 3-year-old daughter Olivia.

Feminist icon Gloria Steinem says battle for equality is far from over

All you people out there working for a just and equitable society, who thought you could rest a bit After all, women can and do perform all types of work. Men take a more active role in parenting in many families. We have our first black president. Gloria Steinem has a little message for you abou...