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After 18 months spent examining the deteriorating relations between the U.S. and the Muslim world during the Bush administration, a diverse group of American leaders will release a report on...

Now that more doors are opening for women who want to be surgeons, it may be time to look at the equipment they are given at the operating table. A...

The cult of popularity that reigns in high school can look quaint from a safe distance, such as your 20th reunion. By then the social order may have turned over...

Most teenage girls love to talk to their friends. And talk. And talk. As Debra Lee, the Brooklyn mother of a 13-year-old, observes about her daughter Tessa and Tessa's teenage...

When men and women take personality tests, some of the old Mars-Venus stereotypes keep reappearing. On average, women are more cooperative, nurturing, cautious and emotionally responsive. Men tend to be...

Of all the television series to premiere in the last year, none has had the impact of "Gossip Girl," at least not by any metric tallying up the number of...

The Pussycat Dolls "DOLL DOMINATION" RATING: 2 1/2 EXCLAMATION POINTS Between dance tracks concocted by big-time producers like Rodney Jerkins, Timbaland and Polow Da Don, the Pussycat Dolls flaunt a...

Just over two years ago, Henry Paulson took the job of Treasury secretary, though the post had become so devalued that others had turned it down. He is likely to...

The rabbis, scientists and engineers of the Zomet Institute are trying to solve the problems that arise when technology and the Torah collide. Working from their research lab in the...

When it comes to architecture, Los Angeles can sometimes seem like a battlefield of styles. Mixed into the mishmash of nondescript buildings that dominate the city are a large number...