Teachers Re-evaluating Career Paths
It's turning into a long, pink-slip summer for thousands of the nation's teachers caught in mass layoffs as school districts struggle to control their finances during the deep recession.While some teachers oust...
At Home in the Houses of the Lord
The new apartments in Landover have all the features one expects to find in a luxury complex. There's a state-of-the-art fitness center, a quiet courtyard, nine-foot ceilings and oversize windows. Residents can...
Who’s Gay Among Teens Less Clear These Days
Who's gay and who's not is less clear than it used to be among today's young people — and that's complicating how researchers conduct studies on the sexual behavior of teens and young adults, a developme...
Online School Welcomes Gays
As part of an effort to provide a safe learning environment for students who identify themselves as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or questioning their sexual orientation, a new school for them plans to l...
‘Nones’ Are Happy, Too…Maybe
A new look at unbelievers, the Non-Religious Identification Survey, finds that true atheists, chiefly well educated guys and women who call themselves "spiritual" are just as happy as religious folks. Maybe.Go...
Evangelicals Conflicted Over Abstinence
The agonizing message to a young Christian couple in love: Sex can wait, but so can marriage."It's unreasonable to say, 'Don't do anything ... and wait until you have degrees and you're in your 30s to get marri...
City Shuts Down 8-Year-Old’s Lemonade Stand
Eight-year-old Daniela Earnest has made lemonade out of lemons in more ways than one this week. Hoping to raise money for a family trip to Disneyland, the Tulare girl opened a lemonade stand Monday. But because...
Loneliness Is Increasing — And It’s Bad for You
Being lonely isn't bad for you, but staying lonely is, a leading expert and author on loneliness told a session Thursday on the opening day of the American Psychological Association annual meeting here.John Cac...
At a Loss for Words
What happened Thursday, in 140 characters: Twitter went down. Facebook went down. People panicked, unused to not oversharing minutiae of life. Twitter back up. Facebook back up. Phew.Online Networks Down ...
Who’s a Pagan? New Site Has Answers
If you're in the hunt for yet another site where you can debate religious perspectives, there's a new entry on line, a potential rival to Beliefnet.com but with a more academic slant. Patheos launched this...