Rabbi Mendel Rubashkin held vigil at his computer for the better part of two days last week. Eager for Internet updates about terrorist attacks unfolding in India, he trolled frantically for evidence that his friend, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, had survived the violent siege at the Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish Center in Mumbai. "It was a roller coaster of emotions," said Rubashkin, leader of Chabad of Brandon, a sector of the Chabad movement, a network of Orthodox Jews with thousands of groups around the world. News finally came the day after Thanksgiving. Holtzberg, 29, and his wife, Rivka, 28, were among those found brutally slain at the center in Mumbai, where they had served the Jewish community since 2003. ...more

December 5, 2008

Our society has declared war against all pain. ...more

December 4, 2008

It was a little bit bouncing, a little bit waving, a little bit stepping and a whole lot of heart-pounding. ...more

December 3, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Are high school students more easily persuaded than teachers? Can women see hidden images in pictures better than men? Does sight or sound stand out more when watching a movie? ...more

November 26, 2008

The gleaming 1973 fire engine caught 5-year-old Baylor Collins' attention, especially the ladders along the top. He plays with a miniature version in his house, he said, but lost the ladders. ...more

November 26, 2008

The gleaming 1973 fire engine caught 5-year-old Baylor Collins' attention, especially the ladders along the top. He plays with a miniature version in his house, he said, but lost the ladders. ...more

November 26, 2008

Home computers are the right learning environment for some students. ...more

November 24, 2008

Fretting about the economy and wondering how to make ends meet, some parents think they should protect their children from the bad news. ...more

November 23, 2008

STUART — A student at a Florida school has been arrested after authorities say he was passing gas and turned off his classmates' computers. ...more

November 22, 2008

Friends and family of the late Heather Hatley Rimmer are planning a fundraiser to help brighten the future for her two young daughters. ...more

November 21, 2008