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Whether working in Central Florida or across the oceans in India or Romania, Barbara "Bobbie" Strickland loved working with children and teenagers through her church. She participated in dozens of mission trips to several countries through Eastpoint...

Jaron Lanier has a research job with Microsoft. He won't go into specfics, but it has something to do with imagining the future and asking questions. Lanier is a longtime Silicon Valley insider whose primary occupation has been to imagine, think and ask...

CANNES, France — The Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky has made only seven features in his nearly half-century career, but his legendary midnight movie "El Topo," a wigged-out peyote western that played to New York audiences for months in 1970,...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels including the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front have counter-attacked east of Damascus to retake a town that served as a conduit for arms from Jordan into the capital before it was seized by government forces last month, rebel...

May 14 (Reuters) - * Blackberry CEO says company is back on solid ground and most successful launch year for the company is well underway * Blackberry CEO says q10 to hit U.S. store shelves in early June * Blackberry CEO says blackberry 10.1 set to...

ISTANBUL, Turkey — Deadly weekend car bombings in a southern Turkish city have galvanized domestic opposition to the government's steadfast support for Syrian rebels amid fears that Turkey is being dragged into the bloody conflict across its border....

Just four months into marriage, my husband and I were having trouble connecting. Like, actually connecting. The Internet in South Africa was terrible. "I can hear you. Can you hear me?" I shouted from my end, the common room of a Cape Town hostel....

Ann Galezio wants an iPad. At first she didn't know why — she just likes the way they look and everyone seems to have one. But the more she's been thinking about it Galezio envisions doing crossword puzzles while walking on the treadmill or...

Joe Tropea thought he was writing a research paper on the Catonsville Nine, a group of Catholic anti-war activists who set draft records ablaze outside a Selective Service office in 1968. But what he was really working on was a movie script. "I just got...

* Tribes deploy fighters to protect oil territories * Nusra Front only competitor to tribes * Hazards to health By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT, May 10 (Reuters) - In Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zor, a network of tribes and smugglers has exploited...

Sam Steiner has the ability to change people's lives with a few simple keystrokes. Although Steiner may look like a typical 16-year-old high school kid, he's found himself a distinct purpose. Over the past two years, the sophomore at Saint Andrew's...

Mother's Day should be simple. Dad helps kids make homemade cards and serve mom breakfast in bed. Or everybody takes her to brunch and calls it a day. Hold on, you say, that doesn't sound anything like your family's celebration. Your family has...