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In my guidebook, "Millionaire Meditation," there are 40 ways to achieve the happiness that comes from meditating.

Named by Filmmaker Magazine as two of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film, Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall are the directors of "Call Me Kuchu," a documentary currently in theaters that addresses the struggle of homosexuals in Uganda under a government that is threatening to make homosexuality punishable by death.

Los Angeles is known for its sunny climate, fine beaches-and smoggy air. A new study has found that mothers' exposure to air pollution during pregnancy increases the risk of autism spectrum disorder on their child.

Sally Bell's Kitchen co-owner Martha C. Jones readies the line for boxed lunch sales at the local landmark.

Identifying the next Jeffrey Katzenberg or George Lucas isn't something easily done, but a columnist at the Washington Post has figured out who it is: Nick Weidenfeld.

Alan Draper grew up and went to school in New York City where he wasted his youth playing school yard basketball.

The vast majority of the 1,430 education programs that prepare the nation's K-12 teachers, including the University of Maine System, are mediocre, according to a first-ever ranking that immediately touched off a firestorm.

Christine Quinn, executive director of the Anti-Violence Project, awards $10,000 to a man who helped solve the murder of fashion designer Gianni Versace in 1997.

Final exams complete. Graduation gowns in hand. And the commencement ceremony is set for Friday.

Teachers are not coming out of the nation's colleges of education ready, according to a study released Tuesday by U.S.News & World Report and the National Council on Teacher Quality.

A team from the New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute and the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center of Columbia University has generated patient-specific beta cells, or insulin-producing cells, that accurately reflect the features of maturity-onset diabetes of the young .

Obese adolescents are more likely than their normal-weight counterparts to have hearing loss, according to results of a new study.

"Janet's elevation is a testament to the significant contributions she has made to the Company over her distinguished tenure as well as to her exceptional talents as a legal executive" In her new role, Ms.

I'm the founder of Science 2.0 and co-author of "Science Left Behind". A wise man once said Darwin had the greatest idea anyone... Almost no one outside New York City government and health advocates engaged in social experimentation thought a ban on some drink sizes for New York City made any sense or would actually do any good.

Caleb Scharf is the director of Columbia University's multidisciplinary Astrobiology Center.

The inaugural issue of a regular series on CM, XQs , is a conversation with the author of new and exciting works in South Asian Studies.

Email boxes are flooded with deals for food, shopping and travel, but two new sites want to remove the clutter and boredom to provide kids and couples with ideas for fun activities.

On June 17, 1901, 973 students sat down for the first standardized college entrance examination administered in the United States; the students took the exams all week.

Or you might know he's approaching by the greetings from students, many of whom call him by one of his nicknames: Prez or PG.

We hope the entertainer will have the strength to stand up to all the flak she is getting after her decision of integrity.