Sundry Buzzzzz – PLAYHOUSE: At opening night of “High,” Playhouse in the Park welcomed the show’s New York producer who asked for some changes. (Hmmmm.) Shall we assume that they centered around the still-underwritten role of the priest? Playhouse chief Ed Stern was front and center at the Shelterhouse opening of Theresa Rebeck’s “The Understudy” [...]

Don’t want to show fellow students my naughty bits: medical students’ anxieties about peer examination of intimate body regions at six schools across UK, Australasia and Far-East Asia. “BACKGROUND: Although recent quantitative research suggests that medical students are reluctant to engage in peer physical examination (PPE) of intimate body regions, we do not know why. [...]

ONLINE payments company PayPal has temporarily suspended personal payments to and from India and transfers to local Indian banks. PayPal, in a weekend blog post on the company website, said the operations were on hold “while we work with our business partners and other stakeholders to address questions they have about the service.” PayPal, which [...]

The days after the earthquake brought joyous reunions for some families. Others faced the grim realization that they’d been suddenly robbed of parents, children, or siblings. For 9-year-old Manuchka, there was neither. Manuchka is a restavek, a child servant who has done domestic chores for two sisters and their families since she was 6. [...]