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UPDATE: U.S. forces have successfully rescued one American trapped inside a fort by rebelling Taliban prisoners in Mazar-i-Sharif, Northern Afghanistan. TIME's Alex Perry, who is on the scene, reported the details by satellite phone Monday morning local time. The American was apparently injured although it's unknown how badly. There was no information on the fate of a second American, believed to have been affiliated with the CIA, who was reportedly killed inside the fort by the Taliban...
Read "Dearborn's Muslims Fear a Fort Hood Backlash...
...Christians have been known to carry out honor killings. However, Muslim perpetrators often claim their crimes are justified by harsh Islamic penalties, including death for adultery. And so religious and cultural customs become confused. (Read a story on how a Muslim community is moving on after the shootings at Fort Hood...
Some research has suggested that after divorce, teenagers fare better with the parent of the same sex. "Single dads tend to have older children on average than single moms, and may be especially likely to parent older boys," says University of Maryland sociologist Suzanne Bianchi. Thomas Hoerner, a Fort Worth, Texas, sales manager, took primary custody of his three sons, then 3, 7 and 9, at his wife's suggestion. Balancing his career, relationships with his kids and ex-wife and running a household was difficult. "I couldn't get my arms around it all," he confesses. He tried...
...Elihu Yale was removed from his post as the governor of Fort St. George, the East India Company outpost in Madras. The Company alleged that old Eli had engaged in “self-aggrandizement” at the company’s expense. Yale was fined and forced to remain in Madras until he escaped to London with much of his fortune intact...