The young Isaac, my grandchild, played in the center of the floor, his face asmear, clothing torn and foul.

The year just closed has been the banner year for New-Hampshire Home Missions. The amount raised for the cause is $505,38 more than ever was raised before in any one year.

A teenage girl's 16th birthday is supposed to include a big party, the perfect boyfriend and a shiny new car, all wrapped up with a bright red bow. But what happens when your family forget your big day because they are consumed with planning your older sister's wedding? Ask high school sophomore Samantha Baker (Molly Ringwald), the birthday girl in John Hughes's 1984 romantic teen comedy Sixteen Candles.

A survey of 1100 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people by Griffith and Bond University researchers found that the overwhelming majority had been victims of targeted harassment as well as physical and sexual abuse.