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Having successfully weaned my step-daughter off the very powerful SSRI antidepressant Paxil, I was delighted to hear the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now saying teens and children shouldn't use Paxil.

I remember the day it happened. Just moments before, I had been sitting in my office, killing time playing with some extra rubber bands and paperclips. I was pretty intent on making a toy of some sort, and with my mind so occupied, I wasn't paying att

There is a common misconception among many that jobs exist for the sole purpose of providing individuals with a source of income, and that they are entitled to a job.

Our friend Newt Gingrich has a new book out, a novel, no less. It is called Gettysburg, and it is a historic novel about that great "what if' battle of the War Between the States.

Waste reduction means cutting down on the amount of materials or energy used during the manufacture, distribution, purchase and use of a product.

When the ball

Gainesville and Hall County won a major battle the other day, a battle not a lot of people knew was going on and which many of us feared we had lost.

Last year, the federal government spent billions to deal with them. Millions of Americans are addicted to them in one or more of their various forms. They

In 1998, the U.S. Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, maintaining that the world

If you include native wild flowers in your garden and want tough native perennials to attract butterflies and other insects, here are three midsummer bloomers that need little care and fend for themselves against the three D