So there you are on the back porch, surrounded by friends sipping beers, listening to kids squealing over sparklers, when your barbecue chef asks how you'd like your burger.

For my birthday last Saturday, Jane bought me A Butler's Guide to Table Manners, written by a fellow called Nicholas Clayton, a member of the Guild of Professional English Butlers. Her inscription was " ...because even an expert needs a handbook", the

Arielle Green, a publicist in Manhattan, knows what most of her friends earn, whether it is $28,000 a year or $100,000. And she does not seem particularly shy about disclosing her income ($30,000 a year, plus overtime).

PUTRAJAYA: The Home Ministry has published its Quran text, which could be the main reference for publishers and printers of Quran manuscripts in this country.

There is nothing sensitive about the way Anthony Smith plays football. With a body chiseled from granite and arms that are pumped like radial tires, he launches himself, usually with purposeful aggression, in the direction of a wide receiver who ventures