BLOOMINGTON -- A new state law is needed to strengthen the statewide smoking ban, which is being applied inconsistently because enforcement rules were never approved, public health officials said.

QUESTION: After working in a doctor's office for 10 years, I feel stuck and want to change jobs. Everyone likes me, including the doctor, his patients and staff. But the office doesn't offer health benefits, and the pay raises are small and far apart.

It's a hot late summer day with your buddy on the porch. You just popped a cold one and are fingering the ridges of the bottle cap. That's when your compadre bets he can flick his beer cap farther than yours. Here's how to show him how it's done.

Public procurement remains one of the engines of growth in any nation. That was perhaps why upon assumption of office, President Umar Musa Yar'Adua wasted no time in signing the Public Procurement Act into law, to complement the Chartered Institute of Pu

Dear Miss Manners: I boarded an airport shuttle where another passenger was also seated. She remarked pleasantly, "It's hotter here than I expected." I responded that it was a surprise to encounter such temperatures.