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You can hardly turn around lately without bumping into somebody from out of town, who has scurried in town to give a commencement speech. Last Sunday, Robert Gates, the Secretary of Defense congratulated and challenged the new graduates of Morehouse College. At the same time Gates was speaking, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice did the same at Spelman. A week earlier, Stephen Chu, U.S. Energy...

Carrie Underwood, former American Idol winner and now-famous country singer made a fortune off her hit, “Before He Cheats”, describing her violent and destructive reaction to discovering her man at a bar with another woman. She speculates about how he is wooing this other woman while she, herself, slashes his truck tires, busts out his headlights, and basically destroys his prized pickup....

Several months ago, I had x-rays done on my lungs. When I went to the counter to pay, there was a sign on the wall that said something like this, if my memory is correct: NO CAROTIDS I think it meant that they either weren't a facility that provided the test or it wasn't covered by health insurance. Always maintaining a certain wit and good humor, I quipped, "No karotids?" only, I...

By: Camilla McGuinn MACWORLD 2010-GEEKS COMMUNICATINGDuring the early hours of January 27th, we watched from our balcony as the Queen Victoria glided through the fog under the Golden Gate Bridge for its maiden port call in San Francisco at Pier 35.After one last meal a Table 18, goodbyes were said to the staff and to our new friends, then we caught a taxi to the Nob Hill condo we had...

I received three letters in the mail ordering evaluations of some of my medical conditions. In...

Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) PTSD develops differently from person to...

Strategies to Survive Holiday Stress By Dwight Bain, Nationally Certified Counselor & Certified Life Coach Have you ever wondered why traditional holidays are so stressful? Instead of being called the ‘most wonderful time of the year,’ it seems that we should rename it to be more accurately called the ‘most difficult time of the year’. I believe you can break the pattern of...

The following is a list of what supposed psychics had to say to Crimeline, OCSO and ACISS about Caylee Anthony's whereabouts within days and weeks of her publicized disappearance in mid-July, 2008. This list is only for the last two weeks in July. Of course, she was last seen a month earlier, but at the time of these reports, she was merely listed as a missing child. No one actually knew she was...