Add To Watchlist

EXPERIENCE

The Wire

Grateful Jackson fans moved by memorial service

Fans who were lucky enough to score tickets to Michael Jackson's memorial service Tuesday knew they were witnessing history. "It was amazing," said 35-year-old Gregory Vernon, who wore sunglasses as he walked solemnly out of Staples Center after the service. "We'll probably never see anything like it again."

Expecting parents: What is a doula?

By the eighth month of my pregnancy, I had become accustomed to the blank stares and raised eyebrows I received at each mention of my doula. Maybe it was the “doo” or maybe it was the “lah,” but there was something about the tone and feel of the term that rendered the uninitiated people in my life either instantly confused or quickly judgmental.

Army Experience Center offers simulations at mall

"Heads up! Enemy helicopter inbound!"

Clinton's Foreign Policy Record Examined

To hear Hillary Rodham Clinton tell it now, she had a lot more going on as first lady than she let on at the time.

Rapper's Name Change Quite an Experience

You can refer to him officially now as Mr. Experience. Daniel Michael Miller II is history. The former Dan Miller, 24, has legally changed his name to "The" Dan Miller Experience. His first name is "The" Dan, with the quotation marks. His middle name is Miller and his last name is Experience.

Dems Duel Over Foreign Policy Advisers

Barack Obama suggested Friday that he has more foreign policy experts from the Clinton administration backing his candidacy over Hillary Rodham Clinton's, but lists provided by both campaigns show hers is nearly twice as long.

Clinton Touts International Experience

Democratic presidential candidates marked the two-week countdown to the Iowa caucuses Thursday by sharpening their rhetoric against one another, with Hillary Rodham Clinton comparing her rivals to one of the most unpopular figures in their partisan universe — the current commander in chief.

Clinton Dig at Obama Has 1992 Ring

Bill Clinton says Sen. Barack Obama is a highly ambitious, political prodigy who is asking voters to "roll the dice" and elect him president.

Obama fires back at Bill Clinton

WATERLOO, Iowa - Former president Bill Clinton leveled a new attack on Sen. Barack Obama on Friday, arguing that he lacked the experience needed to be president, a criticism that drew a tart response from Obama on Saturday as he campaigned in Waterloo, Iowa.

Clinton Says She Knows How to Stand Firm

Despite having spent the morning inching along an icy sidewalk, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton insisted Saturday that she knows when to dig in her heels and when to compromise.

Obama Touts His Time Away From Capital

The nation needs a president who is more a stranger than an insider when it comes to the capital's way of doing business, Barack Obama said Monday, portraying his relatively modest experience in Washington as an asset.

Romney Touts His Business Experience

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney cast himself as more businessman than politician Sunday, as the one-time venture capitalist tried to differentiate himself from his rivals during his first townhall meeting in California.

The Vine
Viewpoints: There's still time to specialize in happiness
Source: The Sacramento Bee

My 14-year-old has discovered the Who, courtesy of the television show "CSI." From her iTunes playlist comes the question written by Roger Daltrey and put to music by Pete Townshend way back in 1978. Whoooo are you? Who? Who? Who? Who?

News Corp. sees Hulu charging fees for access
Source: msnbc.com

News Corp. says that Hulu, its jointly owned free online video site, will start charging fees for access at some point in the future.

De Botton reflects on life at London's Heathrow
Source: swissinfo.ch

During the summer Swiss author Alain de Botton spent a week at Britain's newest passenger hub, Terminal 5, as Heathrow airport's first ever writer-in-residence. His time spent in full view of passengers and staff would provide material for a book just published called A Week at  …

Apple denies rejecting Google Voice for iPhone
Source: msnbc.com

Apple told federal regulators Friday that it blocked the Google Voice program from running on the iPhone because it alters important functions on the device - yet Apple denied that it has rejected Google's application outright.

Poll: Americans Disapprove of Obama's Comments on Race - Political News
Source: FOXNews.com

The poll by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center found that 41 percent disapproved of Obama's handling of the Gates arrest, compared with 29 percent who approved.

Key Elements of an Effective Resume

An effective resume is no rocket science. It is a mini-life story, in no more than two pages, to give a flavour of the person you are, in a concise manner, and without too many boring details.

Military Researches Role of Hunches & Emotion in Detecting Danger
Source: The New York Times

Everyone has hunches — about friends' motives, about the stock market, about when to fold a hand of poker and when to hold it.

Are you as successful as you desire? If not, these 7 factors could be the answer!

The achievement of goals define true success, no matter what those goals are. But many people fail to achieve their own goals because of some basic omissions.

Homeless In America

Have you ever had a round of homelessness? Was there ever a point in your life when you truly had nowhere to turn but the streets?

Consultant or Corporate Executive - Which Should You Be?

So you've reached 50, or older, and you need some challenge in your career. What do you do? Go boldly out on your own as a consultant or keep working for someone else, enjoying the perks and teamwork as a corporate executive? Let's tease out the pros and cons.

Quetzalcoatl And The Galactic Jellyfish
Source:

Taken together, these seemingly divergent experiences and observations serve to reinforce in me the idea that the external world IS the internal world.

Alec Baldwin book rails against family court system
Source: msnbc.com

Alec Baldwin is finally telling his side of the story. In his new book "A Promise to Ourselves," the 50-year-old actor discusses his bitter custody battle with ex-wife Kim Basinger and the infamous phone message he left to his daughter last year.

The Biggest Single Issue When Promoting Managers

According to a popular handbook for managers, a good manager motivates others by "encouraging ambition, the desire to achieve and a wish to contribute to the collective good of the business".

Ohio teen expects suspension for prom trip
Source: msnbc.com

An Ohio teenager says he expects to be suspended from a Christian school for attending a public school prom with his girlfriend.

something I want to say about world of warcraft

world of warcraft now has become one important part of my life, to be honest. After a long day wearing job, playing wow is the only thing I can think of to do to release my tense. It is like my second life really.

Don't Take Professionalism from Teachers! They Earned It!

Much of my life has been spent in education. The teachers with whom I have come in contact, which are many over the years, are the most diligent, hardest working professionals that I know.

Does True Love Last Forever?

Yes, it can, but it is unlikely to do so for two key reasons: our own emotional evolution and a lack of reciprocity.

Mental Pushups: An excercise in Consciousness

Think of where you're sitting now. Besides just being aware of the room you're in, or the chair you're on top of, you have access to years of biologically stored pathways of information that maps sensory motions, experiences, feelings, and memories.

She dove 314 feet - with one breath
Source: msnbc.com

British freediver Sara Campbell, broke an underwater world record by diving 314 feet under water in 3 minutes and 36 seconds - all on one breath. That's almost five yards more than the length of a football field and nine feet more than the height of the Statue of Liberty.

Kids Photograph Nigerian Slum
Source: Wall Street Journal

Kids in Lagos are given cameras with which to document their lives. Great video.

McCain's daughter to write book on politics
Source: msnbc.com

Sen. John McCain's daughter Meghan McCain is planning to write a book that examines what it means to "love the Republican party, while not always fitting in," as well as how the party can change its image, attract younger voters and get them involved.

Patrick Swayze's 'deeply personal' memoir due in fall
Source: msnbc.com

The actor will "write from the heart" about his childhood, career and marriage, as well as his fight against stage-four pancreatic cancer. Swayze says it would be wonderful if people "garner inspiration from it."

Patrick Swayze's 'deeply personal' memoir due in fall
Source: msnbc.com

The actor will "write from the heart" about his childhood, career and marriage, as well as his fight against stage-four pancreatic cancer. Swayze says it would be wonderful if people "garner inspiration from it."

Travellers 'disgusted' by Australian hotels
Source: Australian News Network

TRAVELLERS disgusted at Australian hotel standards have found used condoms, pubic hairs and a dirty tampon in their rooms. And in many cases, their complaints have fallen on deaf ears.

Troubled Minds and Purple Hearts
Source: The New York Times

When I was in Iraq, the most common wound behind the many Purple Hearts we awarded was the "perforated eardrum," an eardrum punctured by the concussion of a nearby explosion...

This area needs news. Click here to seed the vine