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For a lot of years now, more than a handful of people would have given their eyeteeth to be Tiger Woods, the greatest golfer the world has ever known. He had a beautiful wife, two great kids, a strong father figure, now deceased, perhaps a billion dollars in net worth, a squeaky-clean image, and a [...]

This file photo shows a Facebook user editing their privacy settings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. AP Photo NEW YORK — Facebook is changing its privacy settings to give users more control over who sees the information they post on their personal pages. On Wednesday, the networking Web site began taking the rare step of requiring [...]

Seasonal worker Mara Proctor arranges merchandise at Sticks boutique. AP Photo Mara Proctor used to design limestone hearths and columns for luxury homes near Kansas City, drawing on her college education and six years of training. These days, she’s leading customers around a store that sells sculptured snowmen and Santa figurines. It isn’t by choice. [...]

I used to travel from city to city, because of my business. Business startup was always full of schedule. I had to travel around by myself and by my car. I didn’t travel by air because it was too expensive. I didn’t travel by bus, because it was too time consuming. Both of them were [...]

In 1987, Terry Waite, then in Beirut as an envoy to the Archbishop of Canterbury, was taken hostage by members of an Islamic militia group. After his release 1,760 days later, Waite dedicated his life to travelling the world as a hostage negotiator. Talking to the BBC’s Focus Magazine, Waite explained there are several key [...]