"Teen star Miley Cyrus, known as Hannah Montana ... is now crusading for global warming alarmism ... On the 15-year-old singer's recently released album Breakout, she sings that she wants America to wake up and...

Nine-year-old Jericho Scott is a good baseball player--too good, it turns out. The right-hander has a fastball that tops out at about 40 mph. He throws so hard that the Youth Baseball League of New Haven told h...

Conventional wisdom says American universities that have lost their religious roots are places where neither spiritual longings nor moral boundaries can get a hearing. Donna Freitas, a religion professor at Bos...

With classes in Mandarin, overseas trips to China and France, bus transportation for commuters and individualized fitness instruction that includes salsa and tai chi, new students at St. Genevieve High School&n...

Colleges are experimenting with Facebook and other social networks to notify students about emergencies like crimes and floods—and get vital information in return. Most emergency-alert systems send ...

Ah, life in the university district. Cheap ethnic food. Vibrant street life. Fresh-faced students whizzing by on bicycles.People who choose to live on the beautiful tree-lined streets surrounding the nation's i...

Philadelphia aesthetician Melanie Engle, whose specialty is eyebrow shaping, is no stranger to odd requests. But nothing prepared her for being asked by one client to book a bikini wax appointment for her 8-yea...

It was a coup for Democrats: An emerging young evangelical voice, a registered Republican no less, accepted their invitation to deliver a prayer at next week's Democratic National Convention. Cameron Strang, th...

Most kids --  regardless of age -- love to play games, and most youth workers stay on the lookout for new games their students can play.Games, ice breakers and other similar activities are not just pl...