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Hearts And Souls: A Family Deals With Grief

Stephanie Gertler | Posted 12.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Emotions, Relationships, Mother, Grief, Death and Dying, Memory, Oscar Wilde, Coping, Father, Loss, Love, Family, Living News
Stephanie Gertler

I cried from beginning to end at my uncle's funeral, and strangely required no place to hide in a room filled with hundreds of mourners -- perhaps because I was as alone as every person there.

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Dementia: A Tragic Fate for My Father

Scott Mendelson, M.D. | Posted 12.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Retirement Home, Holiday, Parent, Father, Dementia, Health Care, No Child Left Behind, Alzheimer, Family, Death & Dying, Living News
Scott Mendelson, M.D.

My father was a decent, hardworking family man, and he did not deserve the fate of dementia that he suffered. But, in all honesty, not the worst of us does.

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Billy Elliot's Proud Papa: An Interview With Gregory Jbara

Jon Chattman | Posted 11.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Stage, Rob Patterson, Outer Critics Circle, Billy Elliot, Stephen Daldry, Tony Awards, Drama Desk, Dancers, Broadway, Kiril Kulish, Dancing, Miner, Gregory Jbara, Theatre, Elton John, Father, Dialect, Greg Jbara, Screen, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

The boys may get all the press in the Tony Award-winning musical Billy Elliot, but anyone who has seen the show knows veteran character actor Gregory Jbara subtly steals the show.

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It Can't Hurt to Ask: 15 Conversations to Have with Your Parents

Leslie Gilbert-Lurie | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Conversation, Parenting, Family, Family Relationships, Mother, Father, Discussing Family Problems, Parents, Living News
Leslie Gilbert-Lurie

Even a couple hours spent exploring the past with a parent could provide new and deeper appreciation and understanding.

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Finding Yourself and Your First Film, on Google

Jim Killeen | Posted 11.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Google, Health Care Executive, Independent Film, Traffic Engineer, Detective, Jim Killeen, Father, Google Me, Movies, Killeen Texas, Priest, Swinger, Entertainment News
Jim Killeen

I met a sexual swinger in Denver, a father of eight in St. Louis, a retired NYPD detective, a traffic engineer in Scotland, and a health care executive in Melbourne Australia.

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How to Be a Divorced Dad on the First Day of School

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 10.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Divorced, Education, Father, Dad, Parenting, Divorce, Kids, School, Classroom, Living News
Joel Schwartzberg

On my children's debut morning of school -- my first as a newly-minted divorced parent -- I arrive nearly an hour early and wait across the street for them to show up.

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Jackson Irresponsible If He Died Without Will

Jordan M. Atin | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Michael Jackson, Estate, Intestate, Children, Joe Jackson, Inheritance, Cut Out, Father, Will, Succession, Living News
Jordan M. Atin

If reports are true, Michael Jackson may have died without a Will. No wonder, he was like a child that would never grow up.

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Iran's Fine Green Line Between a People's Right to Protest and Violence

Patt Cottingham | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Violence, Human Rights, Youth, Death, Green, Women's Rights, Freedom, Barack Hussein Obama, Citizen Reporters, Martin Luther King, Internet, Mir Hussein Moussavi, Tehran, Change, Father, Neda Agha Soltan, Sacrafice, Living News
Patt Cottingham

Although the US is a nation of immigrants that came here to escape repressive regimes or governments, as a society, we have largely forgotten what it is like to put our lives on the line to call forth change.

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Father's Day 2009: Youth Discuss Dad (VIDEO)

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Single Mother, Youth Radio, Dads, Fathers Day, Youthradio, Dad, Father, Living News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Young people talk about what they'll be thinking about on Father's Day

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Fathers In Fashion: Style Writers Reminisce About Their Dads' Duds

Refinery 29 | Piera Gelardi & Xiyin Tang | Posted 07.20.2009 | Style

Read More: Dad, Father, Fashion, Style, Fathers Day, Style News

When we tell stories about our dads, we tend to cast them in tales of war or fame, money or love, but rarely do we talk about how cool their style was...

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Why Our Stories Matter

Holly Robinson | Posted 06.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Gerbil Czar, Dad, In Search of Small Gods, A Million Little Pieces, Dying, James Frey, Mourning, The Gerbil Farmer's Daughter, Jim Harrison, Father, Gerbils, Mockingbird, Navy, Death, Living News
Holly Robinson

The last time I called my father, he asked me what time it was. "Don't you have a watch, Dad?" I asked. "No, they always take those away when you ...

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Sam Stein

Edwards Likely Continued Affair Into Campaign, Hunter's Friends Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hunter Videos, Edwards Child, Elizabeth Edwards, Edwards Campaign, Edwards Rielle Hunter, Father, John Edwards, Edwards Affair, Hunter Mistress, Edwards Book, Reille Hunter, Videography Edwards, Rielle Hunter, Politics News

Sources close to Rielle Hunter, the novice-filmmaker who had an affair with John Edwards, say that the relationship between the two likely continued w...

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Less than Wireless -- and Loving It

Steven Crandell | Posted 04.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Enjoying Life, Father, Cement Mixer, Polar Bear, Children, Bath, Cellphone, Living News
Steven Crandell

The clumsy man's cellphone wasn't so resilient. It was dead. It took him 10 days to get another cellphone. And in that time, a strange thing happened. He found he enjoyed living without a cellphone.

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NFL's Adrian Peterson on His Two Brothers being Killed & His Halle Berry Obsession

Graham Bensinger | Posted 01.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Modeling, Halle Berry, Jim Brown, Careers, Football, Vikings, Rabbits, Brian Peterson, Pro Bowl, Adrian Peterson, Shot, Drunk Driving, Murder, Minnesota Vikings, Nfl, Hunting, Prison, Nelson Peterson, Jail, Father, Chris Peterson, Deion Sanders, Entertainment News
Graham Bensinger

Recently, I sat down with the Minnesota Vikings' Adrian Peterson. Peterson's athletic accomplishments are remarkable; however, not for his records, but rather for the adversity he's overcome.

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The Runaway Daughter? Sarah Palin Rebels

Lesley Jane Seymour | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Daughter, Father, Sarah Palin, Family, Msnbc, Relationships, Barack Obama, Republicans, Lesley Jane Seymour, Politics News
Lesley Jane Seymour

Barack Obama hired the father he never had: solid ol' Joe Biden. And John McCain hired a daughter: young, fresh, outspoken Sarah Palin -- a chip off the old maverick block.

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An Open Letter to Bill Maher About Faith

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 10.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Religulous, Religion, American People, Andrew Sullivan, Father, Real Time, God, Hebrew Bible, Spirituality, Bill Maher, Faith, Media News
Dr. Susan Corso

I know that your new film is about to debut, Religulous, and that you mean it to be funny. Truthfully, my friend, faith is a funny thing. Not funny ha-ha, funny odd.

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