NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH, N.C. -- On their first and last weekend at their new North Carolina beach ho... On North Carolina beach, h

NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH, N.C. -- On their first and last weekend at their new North Carolina beach house, the Madonna girls picked out pink and green paint for their room, slept in bunk beds and learned how to catch skittering crabs in the moonlight.

After they returned home to Syracuse, N.Y., Hurricane Ophelia washed away 60 feet of beach. And when Giuliana, 11, and Marisa, 7, learned that t...

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The Rev. Christine Mottl, his wife, also chose another career before she, too, went to seminary.<... Clergy couple follows call

The Rev. Christine Mottl, his wife, also chose another career before she, too, went to seminary.

Husband and wife pastors aren't that common, but for Paul and Christine - after other successful careers - this was the right move.

Paul has been pastor at St. James' Episcopal Church in Fremont since April, and Christine has been a chaplain at University of Nebraska ...

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Associated Physicians Group is in its second week of its fifth annual Secret Santa campaign. The... APG organizes Secret Santa

Associated Physicians Group is in its second week of its fifth annual Secret Santa campaign. The company kicked off the program Nov. 7.

According to Jay Taddei, C.O.O., APG's goal is that every local child wakes up Christmas morning with presents to open.

"We have helped hundreds of children thus far," Taddei said.

APG's Secret Santa's effort is a four-week campaign in whi...

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WAYNESBORO &#045; AmericaCorps, a network of service programs, connects people who want to help w... Young woman reflects on Am

WAYNESBORO - AmericaCorps, a network of service programs, connects people who want to help with those who need it most.

“I'm glad I participated. It was a neat experience," said Kjerstin Wepking, who recently completed the 10-month program with the corps, which helps meet the country's critical needs in education, public safety, health and the environment.

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Members of a bilingual Toastmasters improve their public-speaking skills in two languages C... Confident speaker: Orador confia

Members of a bilingual Toastmasters improve their public-speaking skills in two languages

Confidence -- how to get it and express it -- is the key to the appeal of Toastmasters.

The word came up repeatedly at a recent meeting of Los Bilingües Toastmasters, the only bilingual Spanish/English Toastmasters club in Oregon.

There are about 8,000 Toastmasters clubs internationally a...

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HCM CITY — With its highgrowth rate and large working-age population, Viet Nam offers a good mark... Mutual funds have great

HCM CITY — With its highgrowth rate and large working-age population, Viet Nam offers a good market forthe development of mutual funds, experts say.

"Viet Nam is not onlymarked as a country with high economic growth in the world, but also a marketwith great potential investment opportunities. It has a sizable savings source,almost 36 per cent in 2004," said Tran Xuan Ha, chairman of the S...

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The stress of modern life is taking its toll on the nation’s health according to a report by sw... Modern life takes its

The stress of modern life is taking its toll on the nation’s health according to a report by swiftcover.com. Two thirds of Brits questioned (65%) felt that time pressure related stress is having a negative impact on their health, with call centres being the most common trigger.

swiftcover.com’s study, commissioned through the Future Foundation looked at the main causes of stress, and ...

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LONDON (Reuters) - South African insurer Old Mutual plans as early as next week to detail more ar... Old Mutual to detail new S

LONDON (Reuters) - South African insurer Old Mutual plans as early as next week to detail more arguments in favor of its $5 billion-plus Skandia offer when it sends out an addition to its offer prospectus for the Swedish insurer, sources familiar with the situation said.

Old Mutual plans to issue the document to take into account recent trading statements from both companies, the sources...

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I turned to my trusty assistant...Beirne White...this morning. "Beirne," I said gravely, "t... THE DAILY RECKONING...

I turned to my trusty assistant...Beirne White...this morning.

"Beirne," I said gravely, "tell me about Thanksgiving in Mississippi."

Beirne proceeded to tell me about a Mississippi bluesman named "Son" House, who lived to be 102 by doing what bluesmen tended to do...chasing bad luck, bad liquor and bad women.

"Nothing," he replied...whereupon he drew on the resources generous...

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VANCOUVER -- The flight arrives tomorrow from Houston and Ezra Landry can't wait. Since S... Homeless, never hopeless...

VANCOUVER -- The flight arrives tomorrow from Houston and Ezra Landry can't wait.

Since September, when they lost their home, their spartan real estate holdings and their business in New Orleans, his parents have been passed around from city to city, relative to relative.

"There are no possessions anymore," the smallest man in the Canadian Football League was explaining yesterday...

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