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<p>FALMOUTH MA (AP) - Police say a father stabbed his family’s dog to death after it started mauling his one-year-old daughter.</p> <p>The Boston Herald reports that according to Falmouth police the child was playing in the kitchen Sunday morning when the family pit-bull terrier attacked her, biting her face causing major trauma.</p>

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The Boards have been heavy lately. Hopefully this can lighten the mood around here. Need helpsettling a family dispute. What is the better sailing song? Sloop John B by the Beach Boys or Southern Cross by Crosby Stills and Nash (the politics of the bands doesn't matter folks) or do you have another song? IMHO these 2 are it and its a matter of degree which one is better.

Why are so many of the most talented officers now abandoning military life for the private sector? An exclusive survey of West Point graduates shows that it’s not just money. Increasingly, the military is creating a command structure that rewards conformism and ignores merit. As a result, it’s losing its vaunted ability to cultivate entrepreneurs in uniform.

Lynn D. “Buck” Compton, an Army paratrooper whose World War II service was portrayed in the book and HBO miniseries “Band of Brothers” and who later as a prosecutor secured a conviction of Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan, died Feb. 26 at his home in Burlington, Wash. He was 90. He had complications from a heart attack, said his daughter Syndee Compton. Mr. Compton retired in 1990 as a judge on the California Courts of Appeal.

The Whole Man: 25 Men Who Cultivated Both Mind and Body by Brett & Kate McKay on July 6, 2010 They are the two stock characters of many a movie and television show, especially those set in high school or college: the jock and the nerd. Brains and brawn. The meathead and the brainiac. AC Slater and Screech. The jock excels at sports, but has little between his ears. The nerd is a whiz in the lab but a total klutz on the field. The only time the two come together is when the jock reluctantly asks the nerd for...

A call to Catholics to ‘come home’ again Boston Archdiocese aims ad campaign at inactive parishioners (CatholicsComeHome.org) By Lisa Wangsness and Marissa Lang Globe Staff | Globe Correspondent / July 21, 2010 The Archdiocese of Boston, in an effort to bring lapsed Catholics back to church, is planning a major public relations campaign in the coming year that will use television ads, parish events, and personal invitations to urge inactive Catholics to “come home’’ to their faith. Tweet 0diggsdiggYahoo! Buzz ShareThis The campaign is planned as the Catholic Church faces huge challenges. Nationally, 10 percent of all American adults are...

Parents don’t believe their kids have sex By Associated Press Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - Added 20h ago RALEIGH, N.C.— Carole Bullard considers herself open-minded when it comes to dealing with the sexuality of her teen son and her almost teenage one. She and her husband, Roger, have age-appropriate talks with their sons, ages 17 and 12. And though she believes the older boy and his girlfriend have not had sex, she’s realistic that they might. "Do I want them having sex? No," said Bullard, 42, of Cary. "I’ve told them I’m not going to be a grandparent until I’m...

On Father’s Day, and every day, love turns fear into hope By Lauren Beckham Falcone Thursday, June 17, 2010 The picture ran in the Times of London this week, a grainy black-and-white photo of French President Charles de Gaulle and his daughter Anne taken in 1933 at the beach in Brittany, France. She’s 5, wearing a bonnet and sundress and sitting on his lap. He’s in a double-breasted suit, tie and hat, relaxing on a deck chair. They look like they’re playing patty-cake, his large hands wrapped gently around her tiny wrists. The headline reads “The Little Girl Who Conquered...

Are you using your kids to escape your marriage? E-MAIL | LINK | ADD A COMMENT (0) Posted by Lylah M. Alphonse June 14, 2010 05:22 AM It runs counter to our instincts as parents, but a new book suggests that making your kids your top priority may be doing them more harm than good. An Episcopal minister and family coach, David Code suggests that parents who focus first on maintaining a strong marriage end up having happier, better-adjusted children than those who make their kids their top priority. "The truth is, we often find it easier to be with...

Israel vs. Iran: 1st strike strategies BY PETER BROOKES In late December, Tehran crowed that its 1,000-megawatt Bushehr nuclear plant, supposedly meant to produce peaceful nuclear energy, would be “online” as early as this spring, cementing in place another important building block of its questionable nuclear program. While the builders of the Bushehr plant, the Russians, insist the plant will not be completed until the end of the year, Moscow did make the first of several deliveries of fuel rods to Iran in late December. This unwelcome news comes as Iran is continuing to spin as many as 3,000 centrifuges...

FOXSexpert: The Real Reason Women Have Sex Monday, September 21, 2009 Print FNC “Why Women Have Sex.” Given the stereotype that women are never in the mood, it’s not surprising that this book title is grabbing people’s attention. Written by researchers Cindy Meston and David Buss, the work flushes out the results of a survey of 1,006 women. And their findings are all over the board; the authors highlight 200 reasons. RELATED: New Book Reveals the Real Reason Women Have Sex So why do women have sex? The vast majority (84 percent) have sex to guarantee a quiet life or...

Florida Woman Uses Crossbow to Bag Giant Gator on First Hunt Thursday, September 17, 2009 Print FNC Arianne Prevost poses with alligator she killed during Florida hunt. A Satellite Beach, Fla., woman nabbed a major kill on her first alligator hunt this week, killing an 11-foot, 500-pound beast with a cross bow, MyFOX Orlando reported. Arianne Prevost, 23, spotted the gator in the St. Johns River during a statewide public alligator hunt. She had chartered an airboat with Capt. Peter Deeks of Native Sons Outfitters and her boyfriend Robert Rohmann, also of Native Sons. “An 11-footer is a true trophy...

<p>The phrase “bankrupt General Motors,” which we expect to hear uttered on Monday, leaves Americans my age in economic shock. The words are as melodramatic as “Mom’s nude photos.” And, indeed, if we want to understand what doomed the American automobile, we should give up on economics and turn to melodrama.</p>

The following is a blog entry written on Aug. 30, 2008, by Army Specialist Stephen Fortunato, who was killed Tuesday in Afghanistan when the vehicle he was riding in was blown by up an improvised explosive device. This entry was forwarded to the Globe by his mother, Elizabeth "Betty" Crawford. If I may … I'd like to say something....Just to get it out there so it is clear. To all the pampered and protected Americans who feel it is their duty to inform me that I am not fighting for their freedom, and that i am a pawn in Bush's...

Sacrificing truth on the altar of diversity By Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist | August 30, 2006 YOU'RE A publisher of children's textbooks, and you have a problem. Your diversity guidelines -- quotas in all but name -- require you to include pictures of disabled children in your elementary and high school texts, but it isn't easy to find handicapped children who are willing and able to pose for a photographer. Kids confined to wheelchairs often suffer from afflictions that affect their appearance, such as cerebral palsy or muscular dystrophy. How can you meet your quota of disability images if you...

For many on campuses, trouble is in the cards By Bella English, Globe Staff | August 22, 2006 Mike Zakarian is president of the student government at Emmanuel College and co-captain of the baseball team. He hopes to go to graduate school in education. But he's also a whiz at online poker. He's so good that, at age 21, he won $12,000 and a seat at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, where last month he took home $15,500 more. Article Tools Printer friendly Single page E-mail to a friend Education RSS feed Available RSS feeds Most e-mailed...

<p>Doctors may soon have a prescription for health that even children will like: more playtime. European and international health experts say a new study makes the most convincing case yet for the benefits of children being active. They say the research may lead to new guidelines saying youngsters between ages 5 and 16 need to be active up to 1 1/2 hours a day.</p>

Invitation to Rice debated at BC Honorary degree draws objections By Catherine Elton, Globe Correspondent | May 3, 2006 Two leading theologians at Boston College have written a stinging letter objecting to the college's decision to invite Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to speak at graduation and to give her an honorary degree. The letter, which will be delivered to the president and board of trustees, has set off a fiery debate. Kenneth Himes, chairman of the department of theology, and the Rev. David Hollenbach, who holds the Margaret O'Brien Flatley chair in the department, titled their letter ''Condoleezza Rice...

<p>THE RED CARDINAL'S hat on its way to Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley sends a clear message to liberal Catholics who still hope the Catholic Church will shift their way: It isn't shifting.</p> <p>Article Tools Printer friendly E-mail to a friend Op-ed RSS feed Available RSS feeds Most e-mailed Reprints/permissions More: Globe Editorials / Op-Ed | Globe front page | Boston.com Sign up for: Globe Headlines e-mail | Breaking News Alerts Company men always reap their rewards. Cardinal Bernard Law got a basilica in Rome when the clergy sexual abuse scandal made Boston too inhospitable. O'Malley, another company man, gets elevated to cardinal for doing what the company ordered. O'Malley closed down parishes and is shutting down the vestiges of a liberal agenda in the Boston archdiocese.</p>