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These letters are from live discussions on www. washingtonpost.com: Dear Carolyn: I am older than 40 and don't have children -- but friends do. I can't tell you how many of them have cried to me about how guilty they feel because they aren't "natural" parents like everyone else. They feel ashamed about everything from not breast-feeding to having a mix of feelings instead of pure joy about their kids. I...

Recruitment agency CV Screen is seeing a big...

              Text: CHANDIGARH: Many finance ministers around the world may appear icy and unapproachable, but not Punjab's 40-something Manpreet Singh Badal who is blogging his way into cyber popularity and even inviting suggestions for the budget he will present next week. Manpreet, who turns 47 this month, is scoring several hits every day on his personal blog . The blog launched in January is nearing the...

              Text: SAN FRANCISCO: A new version of the Internet browser Firefox was released on Tuesday, offering users more speed and privacy and greater compliance with new...

The broomstick used for the IT limbo dance was lowered a bit more today by the analysts at Forrester Research,...

              Text: WASHINGTON: Access to affordable high-speed Internet and mobile phone service are key to economic growth and job creation in developing countries, the World Bank said in a report released on Tuesday. The report, Information and Communications for Development 2009, found that for every 10...

By Simon Stone, Press Association Sport Chief Football Writer Samuel Eto'o seems certain to rebuff Manchester City's big-money advances later on Tuesday. Just as in their ill-fated pursuit of Kaka last January, City were given every indication by Eto'o's advisers that the Barcelona star was ready to quit the Nou Camp for a new challenge. However, just as with the Brazilian, when decision time comes, Eto'o is likely to say no. The move has a hint of politics at its heart, with the Cameroon star apparently unhappy...

Salaries are down across organizations and job titles, but compensation might be holding...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California faces a $24 billion budget shortfall, an eye-popping amount that dwarfs many states' entire annual spending plans. Beyond California's borders, why should anyone care that the home of Google and the Walt Disney Co. might stop paying its bills this week? Virtually all states are suffering in the recession, some worse than California. But none has the economic horsepower of the world's eighth-largest economy, home to one in eight Americans. California accounts for 12 percent of the nation's gross domestic product and the largest share of retail sales of any state. It also sends far more in tax revenue to the federal government than it receives —...

Samuel Eto'o is virtually certain to snub Manchester City's "stratospheric" offer. Barcelona president Joan Laporta yesterday confirmed City were looking to make Eto'o the highest paid player in the world. City denied the figures but confirmed a £25million bid had been lodged for the Cameroon star and were hopeful of concluding the transfer at some point this week. However, it seems Eto'o is unhappy at being forced out of the Nou Camp, where he has one season of his present contract left to run. And, rather than accept the riches of offer at City, he is preparing to see out the final year of his...

Page 1 of 2 4:00AM Tuesday Jun 30, 2009 By Paul Newman Ivo Karlovic. Photo / AP Wimbledon tennis championships It is said that Wimbledon's courts have been slowed down so much that there is little difference between competing here and playing on the hard courts at the US or Australian Opens. It is said that the uniformity of playing surfaces and the advances in string and racket technology have produced a generation of baseline metronomes. It is said that serve and volley is all but dead and that...

While Carolyn Hax is away, a reader gives the advice. Dear Carolyn: What is wrong with our culture? I knew by the time I was 18 that I didn't want children, but I was 30 before I could persuade my doctor to give me a tubal. His excuse was that I might break up with my partner and get involved with someone who wanted kids. I remember looking at him and thinking,...

LONDON -- It was to be the comeback of the young century: Michael Jackson using the "This is It" tour to retake his throne as King of Pop, lord of the dance and darling of the masses. What grander stage than London for this late career magic? Jackson's much hyped revival was to be a marathon, 50-gig tour that gave him a shot at redemption - not to mention repairing his tarnished image, lifting him out of debt and making millions for promoters. Eager fans spent more than $90 million on tickets despite widespread doubts about the pop icon's stamina. Now the star is dead - and one of the city's biggest arenas has 50 open nights. London, the city that was to be Jackson's launch pad back to...

Dear Carolyn: This year, I will be spending all of my vacation time on traveling for or with my boyfriend's family. I understand that I do this voluntarily, but in a very real sense, it is also somewhat compulsory because that's what couples do and because his mother says, "You will be joining us for Christmas, right?" So my boyfriend and I talked about taking a brief, private trip for New Year's...

              Text: WASHINGTON: US software giant Microsoft launched a free online home energy monitoring tool on Wednesday that allows consumers to gauge their usage and reduce consumption. Microsoft Hohm, available as a beta, or test, version in the United States at microsoft-hohm.com, lets users "better understand their energy usage, get...

 

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