Album review: ‘A Different Kind of Truth’ by Van Halen

It’s the unofficial Thirteenth Law of Rock and Roll: The band will always get back together. No matter how bitter the breakup, how unnecessary the reunion or how fraught the peace. Case in point: The first new David Lee Roth-fronted Van Halen album in 28 years, “ A Different Kind of Truth ,” which appears to have been assembled with the diplomatic skills of a team of UN negotiators and all the ...

After doubts grow, a regime backer flees Syria

Younes al-Yousef rarely goes outside in Cairo, fearful that even here someone will recognize him and word will get back to Damascus. He stays in a simple, rented apartment with his wife and children, smoking cigarettes,...

Not in the Mood? How to Get Your Groove Back

WebMD talks to experts about how to get in the mood with your partner when you're not in the mood.

Carolyn Hax: Parents unsure how to cope with daughter off at college

Adapted from a recent online discussion . Dear Carolyn: How long does it take for a family to get its groove back after losing a member (to college, not death)? Our daughter left this fall, and my husband, son, and I are missing her tons. Not sure how to establish new routines that don’t include her, we are instead just kind of counting the days till her vacations. Read full article >>

How Europe can get back to work

BEYOND a shadow of a doubt, the reform of labour markets is ultimately the most critical part of the reform process in the eurozone and across the European Union. Only successful measures in this arena can bring about a lasting, future-oriented turnaround for Europe.