In a front-page story in the New York Times on Monday, May 16, Rick Welts, president and CEO of the Phoenix Suns, announced that he is gay. Welts is believed to be the first major American professional-sports-team executive to make such a declaration; no male athlete in major American pro team sports has come out during his playing career.
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Making Time For A Baby
Listen to a successful woman discuss her failure to bear a child, and the grief comes in layers of bitterness and regret.
Using Twitter and Facebook to Find a Job
Brian Ward lost his job on a Friday afternoon. Eleven days later he had a new one
’til Death Do Us Part
THE LAW HAS ALWAYS MADE ROOM FOR KILLERS.
Energizer Bunnies: Turning Rabbits into Green Fuel
Sweden’s Tommy Tuvuynger and his team of professional hunters don’t have to go far to find their prey. Tuvuynger is employed to keep down rabbit numbers in the Swedish capital, Stockholm.
Footballer King jailed for sexual assault and punching woman
An English Premier League footballer has been jailed for sexual assault after groping and then punching a woman while out celebrating both scoring a goal and his wife’s latest pregnancy.
Who’s the better translator: Machines or humans?
One of the Internet’s great promises is that it’s the ultimate democratizer. It’s open to everyone and allows all people to communicate.
FBI flooded with job applications
With thousands of Americans looking for jobs, many businesses are saying: Sorry, we’re not hiring.
Winning on and off the tennis court
Elizabeth and Mary Profit will not be taking center court at the U.S. Open women’s doubles final to face Venus and Serena Williams, but they share many of the athletic qualities that have made Venus and Serena the most dominant sisters in tennis history
Susan Boyle tops Amazon.com chart with debut album
At last Susan Boyle has achieved her own personal dream. The Scottish star’s debut album, “I Dreamed A Dream,” has sensationally topped the online-retail charts, quite a feat considering her record is not even being released until November 24