Disruptions
Pregnancy Apps Do Everything but Ease Labor Pains | Now that downloads help track labor and a baby’s development and can help a child fall asleep, one must ask: How did we ever have babies before apps came along?
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Syria Refugee Recounts How He Tried to Save Sons and Wife From Drowning | Abdullah Kurdi, the father of two young refugee boys from Syria who drowned off Turkey, told of how the family sought to survive in the water for three hours.
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Netflix to Add Films and TV Series for Teenagers | The streaming service will introduce exclusive films and television series as part of a strategy to position itself as a digital entertainment hub for the postmillennial generation.
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Who Gets to Play the Transgender Part? | With Eddie Redmayne and Elle Fanning starring in fall films about gender transition, there is considerable debate about the casting of such roles with actors who are not transgender.
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Gay Couples Are Eligible for Social Security Benefits, U.S. Decides | The Justice Department said the Social Security Administration would apply the Supreme Court’s June ruling declaring marriage a constitutional right retroactively. Social Security Benefits in Limbo for Some Same-Sex Couples
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Wealth Matters
For Parents With Troubled Adult Children, Financial Hurdles Abound | Special-purpose trusts can be used to provide children a semblance of the life they might have enjoyed without mental illness or addiction, but these trusts can be complicated to establish.
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