Federal Judge Vaughn Walker who last week overturned California’s gay marriage ban agreed Thursday to a continued hold until at least Wednesday (Aug. 18) to give opponents time to appeal. If the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals doesn’t act by 5 p.m. local time that day, then gay couples can wed, the Associated Press…

Do one thing every day that scares you – Eleanor Roosevelt Have you ever done anything scary – and exciting? One community member shares what it was like skydiving for the first time. In their journal, another member explains how they overcame a fear of zombies, which represented spiritually their “fear that I truly did…

Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) died in a plane crash Monday night near Dillingham, Alaska. The 86-year-old former Alaska senator served on Capitol Hill from December 1968 until January 2009. “A decorated World War II pilot who survived a deadly 1978 plane crash, he was the longest-serving GOP senator in history and spent his 40-year Senate career…

How young is too young to talk to children about sex? For some parents that talk may occur earlier than they’d thought because many girls are now entering puberty at 7 and 8, says a study published in the journal Pediatrics. The new study says more girls are developing breasts by age 7 than reported…

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