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The issue of age weighs heavily on the minds of WSJ readers. The age of wine, that is. A dozen or so men and women sent me emails last week, in response to my column on the subject. Aging wine raises a lot of questions... and worries.

WSJ's Michael Corkery makes a stop on Mean Street with the story of a battle between the head of Calpers and private-equity industry executives over tax breaks. Photo: Getty Images.

This Mexican chicken soup recipe uses a whole chicken, cabbage and other vegetables to provide hearty, comforting flavor as any puchero will.

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Charles Duhigg explains the science of habits.

This week, 14 noncommissioned officers at Camp Zama took turns wearing the “pregnancy simulators” as they stretched, twisted and exercised during a three-day class that teaches them to serve as fitness instructors for pregnant soldiers and new mothers.

The reconciliation process in Kyrgyzstan, regional cooperation on combating drug trafficking and peace efforts in Afghanistan were the focus of discussions between Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbaev when they met today in Vienna.

Worried about the impending zombie apocalypse?  Well have no fear, Gerber's survival gear is here.  We check out two machetes and an axe that will not only help prevent your brains from being digested, but also make camping a whole lot easier.

The National Enquirer's latest cover story is a piece called Whitney's Final Minutes, meant to be a recreation of Whitney Houston's death in her Beverly Hills hotel room on Saturday. The tagline claims to tell readers what REALLY happened, and a morbid picture of Houston unconscious on a bathroom floor is splashed across the magazine's cover. The idea of exploiting Whitney Houston's tragic death before her body is even in the ground by reliving her final minutes is questionable enough.

The Australian equity market is pointed to a negative start to the trading day after overnight equities fell following the US Federal Reserve's meeting minutes, amid ongoing worries over Greece. The Dow finished the trading session down 72 points to 12780.95 while the S&P500 index lost 7.27 points to close at 1343.23, earlier in the session trading as low as 1338.50.