The way the Senate works is no longer consistent with a functioning government, and senators should change the rules to end obstructionism.

The murders of people warbling �My Way� in karaoke bars have spawned urban legends about the song and left Filipinos groping for answers.

When women outnumber men at a college, dating culture is skewed.

Early-college schools, once for the affluent and overachieving, are serving more low-income students.

The city is celebrating its 400th anniversary, but its heart and soul are the result of constant renewal.

Every bit of Christian teaching can be summed up in three words: God is love.

A nurse is facing third-degree felony charges for informing state regulators that a doctor at her rural hospital was practicing bad medicine.

Michael Pollans new book, �Food Rules,� is an easy-to-digest guide to health and eating that could do almost anybody good.

A new group of soldier-writers explore the futility of war " but wars that they for the most part support.

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Bankers, unhappy at the presidents proposals for tighter financial regulations, are shifting donations to Republicans.

The Royal Shakespeare Company will hold court in Manhattan for an unprecedented six-week, five-play residency inside the Park Avenue Armory.

A road that runs through a mountain gorge between Kabul and Jalalabad holds its own terrors.

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The �Twilight� series makers owe it to the Quileute people to let them have a say in, and benefit financially from, outsiders use of their cultural property.

To fight obesity, legislation would ban candy and sugary beverages, and many schools would be required to offer more nutritious fare.

Though the government will soon need to address the deficit, the last thing it should do is slash spending at a time of high unemployment and fragile growth.

Eli Broad dominates the arts in Los Angeles with a force that has no parallel in any major city.

No single approach will reduce sexual activity in all teenagers, but a new study suggests that there is a sensible, effective way to teach abstinence.

As a 2010 European Capital of Culture, this citys fascinating contemporary scene is finally receiving international attention.

A $1 billion Mormon church-financed redevelopment project and a wave of recent church purchases in Salt Lake City have put a new focus on the line between culture and economics.

The Who chose a repertory from Pete Townshends ambitious late-1960s albums and afterward, music born to be heard in arenas and stadiums.