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…He has gotten up and exited from the gathering, and it’s as though one of the lights in our family room has been snuffed out …

October 11, 2011 · 4 min read

An Iowa store owner ran a $10 contest for guessing which cashier would be fired next — and an unemployment judge called it 'egregious and deplorable.'

October 6, 2011 · 2 min read

Why do some people learn faster? Growth mindset, prior knowledge, deliberate practice, sleep and metacognition — what the learning research actually says.

October 4, 2011 · 1 min read

Hit a fitness plateau? Progressive overload, cross-training, and real recovery — not more of the same — are what restart progress and redefine exercise.

October 4, 2011 · 1 min read

In 2011, Ohio mother Kelley Williams-Bolar was convicted of felonies for enrolling her daughters in a better school district — one of several such cases.

October 3, 2011 · 1 min read

In September 2011, Jensen Farms cantaloupes contaminated with Listeria sickened 72 people and killed 13 — the deadliest US foodborne outbreak in a decade.

September 28, 2011 · 1 min read

On September 28, 2011, Reebok agreed to pay $25 million to settle FTC charges that its EasyTone and RunTone toning shoes' fitness claims were deceptive.

September 28, 2011 · 1 min read

With US unemployment hovering near 9 percent, Hallmark launched eight 'Job Loss' greeting cards — mixing encouragement with recession humour.

September 28, 2011 · 1 min read

A new generation of Mumbai's underworld families is walking away from the family business — training as pilots, doctors, engineers and bankers instead.

September 27, 2011 · 1 min read

In April 2011, John Halford vanished from a cruise ship off Egypt. His case was one of 165 disappearances at sea since 1995 — a mystery the industry avoids.

September 26, 2011 · 1 min read

Shawn Sullivan, wanted in the US since 1994, was arrested in London in 2010 and faced extradition — until a 2012 High Court ruling blocked his removal.

September 26, 2011 · 2 min read

Imagine you are barely out of your teens and the anointed crown princess of your country. Every starry-eyed teenager wants to be you…But you, however, want…

September 21, 2011 · 6 min read

An honest essay on stepping back from work to raise kids: the joy, the lost identity, the judgment from both sides — and why every mother is a working mother.

September 15, 2011 · 8 min read

I am ready with a new edition of Bolly Volley (late again!). I know many are eager to watch the major Bollywood release this weekend – “Mere Brother Ki…

September 9, 2011 · 5 min read

Yahoo fired CEO Carol Bartz over the phone on September 6, 2011 — the latest turn in the former web giant's long struggle against Google and Facebook.

September 8, 2011 · 2 min read

In the World Economic Forum's 2011-2012 competitiveness ranking, the U.S. slipped to 5th place behind Switzerland, Singapore, Sweden, and Finland.

September 7, 2011 · 2 min read

Google's animated doodle marked Freddie Mercury's 65th birthday — a tribute to the Queen frontman born Farrokh Bulsara to a Parsi family from Gujarat.

September 6, 2011 · 2 min read

From the undeciphered Indus script to Brahmi, Devanagari, Tamil, and Bengali — how India's writing systems evolved over four thousand years.

September 2, 2011 · 2 min read

Attachment research shows the mother-son bond shapes boys' emotional intelligence and outcomes — and the 'separate to become a man' narrative is more

August 31, 2011 · 1 min read

Could Delhi become a true capital of the world? The boosters' evidence, the detractors' evidence — and why cities become what they accumulate.

August 30, 2011 · 1 min read