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What does it say about our culture when a politician's challenge to men to step up to their parental responsibilities is viewed as "risky?"

On Father's Day, Sen. Barack Obama admonished absentee black fathers for neglecting their children. Some pundits fret Obama is drifting into dangerous waters, resulting in a backlash from black voters who already may harbor doubts about his authenti...

Respond to this Article Loading... A 12-foot-tall, aluminum shark fin, created by New York City artist James Johnson, will gleam on Newburgh's Broadway for 90 days starting this summer before swimming off to a permanent home.Photo courtesy of Karen Conway By Doyle Murphy Times Herald-RecordJune 19, 2008

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Eighty years ago, in a fascinating study of play in human culture, the Dutch historian Johann Huizinga noted that in many ways “there is no distinction whatever between marking out a space for sacred purpose and marking it out for purposes of sheer play. The turf, the tennis-court, the chessboard, and pavement-hopscotch cannot formally be distinguished from the temple or the magic circle.” ...

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Political heavyweights ... Tim Russert interviews George Bush in the Oval Office. Photograph: White House Photo/Eric Draper/EPA

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KAYFORD, West Virginia (AFP) — The traditional lifestyle of the Appalachian peaks of West Virginia is under threat from mining companies who blow the summits off mountains to reach the coal deposits that lie beneath the surface.

"They are killing off the culture of the mountain people," said Maria Gunnoe, who lives on a hillside which has had its insides dug out to expose a huge mi...

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Rob Sanchez, owner of the Melting Pot fondue restaurant in San Mateo's downtown transit center, had certain images in mind when city planners told him they'd be putting up some display cases on the outside of his building.

"I figured it would be stuff about current events, the Martin Luther King train, what's going on in the city, maybe some historical picture...

Eric Felton's new book How's Your Drink? Cocktails, Culture, and the Art of Drinking Well is one part history, one part cookbook, and two parts humor.

As the author of the Wall Street Journal column "How's Your Drink?"(a column which was awarded a 2007 James Beard Foundation award for Best Newspaper writing on Wine, Spirits, or Beer), Felton knows a thing or three about drinking well; ...

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The more fundamental question is what is a credit hour and why should college courses be based on a three credit hour module? The whole credit hour thing has no relationship to learning. The issue should be matching effective formats and time -- perhaps the basis for a new measure dealing in effort density -- beyond the simple credit hour butts in seats or at the screen time count for the outco...

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SAO PAULO (AFP) — Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito bent protocol a little as he started a visit to Sao Paulo on Thursday for celebrations marking 100 years of Japanese immigration to Brazil.

The heir to the Chrysanthemum Throne shook hands with some members of the crowd gathered in the city's main park to watch him lay a wreath at a memorial to the first Japanese who arrived in this...

Eversheds is set to outsource legal work to its new South African ally Routledge Modise, with the firm moving to cut costs for clients by upping the amount of work it sends to alliance firms.

Eversheds has pinpointed its South African ally as an especially lucrative partner because, in addition to the low cost-base, the country has a similar legal system and native English-speaking lawyer...