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Mike Anson didn't let a broken ankle get in the way of his renovation project. Anson — foot cast and all — completely overhauled his bathroom, which was in need of major repair, and in the process earned recognition from This Old House magazine for showing some "moxie. " After living in his Halethorpe home for a couple of years, Anson discovered that the toilet was leaking and was beginning to sink into the floor. "When we took up the floor, we realized that the entire floor was sagging and wasn't supported.

Food & Wine magazine recently named Ocean City among its list of "America's Best Boardwalks. " The online listing - I couldn't find it in their magazine issue - puts O.C. pretty close to top - in the Top 10, for sure, and possibly the Top 3. By now, the town takes it all in stride. Just add it to the list of commendations heaped upon Maryland's summer resort destination in the last several years. And it's a very long list. But as much as O.C. may see it as no biggie, its coastal relatives are not so blase.

A body the likes of Stacy Keibler's is just a hop, lunge and a kick away -- or so says Self magazine. The fitness monthly features Keibler prominently in the June issue, splashed leggily over a multi-page spread headlined "Hot Like Stacy. " "Those toned legs, sleek abs, firm booty," Self says. "Our latest girl crush is Stacy Keibler, who has one amazing body. Snag her 18-minute workout and you'll be just as smokin'. "  We will? Forgive our doubts that 18 minutes a day -- even 18 hours a week -- would get the average girl anywhere close to Keibler-dom.

Great Expeditions is a bimonthly publication that describes trips not often found in the brochures at a travel agent's office.The magazine has tips, such as the autumn issue's advisory that some hotels in Baja California already are booked for the July 11 solar eclipse next year. Destination articles include Benin in Africa, Japan, southern Mexico, Chile, Galapagos Islands and Israel. The magazine is published in Canada, and a six-issue subscription costs $18. For a free sample issue, write Box 8000-411, Sumas, Wash.

BOSTON -- Just days before the scheduled launch of a high-profile new magazine, Cahners Publishing Co. has pulled dTC the plug, citing the dismal advertising climate.Biotechnology Week was to serve what is supposed to be one of the hottest industries in America. If any publication could make it in these troubled times, Biotechnology Week would seem to be it.But a combination of worse-than-expected advertiser response and, according to some employees, Cahners' overly timid approach sunk the magazine -- at least for now.Cahners, a major trade magazine publisher based in Newton, Mass.

In the 12 years since Gary Barg started Today's Caregiver, a magazine for the nation's 50 million caregivers, he's seen major shifts in the public's perception of the issue. "When we first began developing the magazine and the Web site, no one was talking about caregiving," says Barg, the magazine's editor in chief. "Taking care of an elderly relative or an ailing spouse was just what folks did without much recognition of what the job entailed." Barg learned that firsthand in 1994, when he returned home for a monthlong visit with his mother, who was caring for his aging grandparents and seriously ill father.

Guns, violence and drugs aren't the only signs that Southern California gang culture has spread.Indications can also be found in a magazine sold in some convenience stores.In a street-gang version of GQ, Mexican-American gang members display their own sense of style in the glossy pages of a $6.95 bimonthly magazine called Teen Angels. The magazine is published in the Los Angeles area, police said.The identity of the magazine's publishers, however, is a mystery.The magazine offers no staff box, which typically lists the editor and the publisher, circulation figures and other information about publications.

For years, millions of shoppers have looked to Consumer Reports first before parting with their hard-earned money on purchases big and small. Whether contemplating forking over $20,000 for a Pontiac Solstice or a mere $14 on a dozen Nike Power Distance Super Soft golf balls, readers - mostly male, mostly age 50 or older and mostly geeked-out about research - have come to rely on the advertising-free magazine to guide the comings and goings of the dough...

In an effort to better accommodate advertisers, Warfield's magazine will publish twice a month instead of monthly beginning next week."In recent years, advertisers have begun to insist on added value in their advertising vehicles. . . . By going biweekly, the opportunities for our advertisers expand dramatically," said Edwin Warfield 4th, publisher of Warfield's and the Daily Record.Warfield's, established five years ago, is a glossy magazine that features profiles of Maryland business leaders and coverage of real estate and other local financial issues.

Where Baltimore, a new free magazine directed at the almost 6 million visitors who stream into Baltimore each year, has landed in hotels, the airport, tourism kiosks and the convention center.Published by Production Group International, an Arlington, Va.-based convention and meeting planning company, Where marks the first step in the firm's move into the Baltimore tourism trade."Baltimore is a sleeper city" in the tourism market, said Neil Saunders, publisher of the magazine, which is produced from PGI's Baltimore office.