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David John Moon, a second-tier senior officer in the Immigration Department’s Sydney office, was paid in business class holidays by an associate, George Ling, to grant 110 approvals for illegal Chinese immigrants.
Between 1996 to 2000, Ling spent about $119,000 on overseas trips for Moon, including travel for his family to New York, Las Vegas, Orlando, [...]

For the Fucigna family of Hopkinton, skiing is truly a family affair.
The parents started skiing for recreational purposes in the mountains of New Hampshire. Then along came daughters, Alex, Sarah, Erin and Abby, and their son, Peter, who were all introduced to the sport.
The daughters all become competitive skiers and Peter plans to follow in [...]

FUEL prices are keeping Melbourne families close to home, as nearby attractions start to feel the pinch but more distant getaways are suffering severely.
The weekend away with the family is rapidly becoming a pleasure of the past as pump prices continue to climb, unless the destination is within a two-hour drive.
RACV fuel price spokesman David [...]

Nowhere was that more evident on Saturday than in the village of Walnut Bottom, where hundreds from the local community once again turned out to support the annual chicken barbecue and Memorial Day parade.
People proudly displayed patriotic decorations down Main Street and waved mini American flags as area veterans marched on by, beginning near Kar-Tunes [...]

IF change is as good as a holiday then why do my family holidays invariably end up in the same place? If we go overseas, we go to New York. If we go to the beach, we go to Rosedale on the NSW south coast. If we go camping, we go to Treachery on the [...]

As the presidential campaign debate over health care intensified, I heard from seven different friends with the same problem: They had loved ones who had recently moved and, like many others across the U.S., could not find a primary care doctor. Three were in Washington where, according to 2006 data from the Department of Health, [...]

For most women, there are few more terrifying words to hear than: “You have breast cancer.” Unless, of course, it’s being told the recommended treatment is having both breasts lopped off, followed by round after round of chemotherapy.
But seven years after Myrtle Lewis had a double-mastectomy and 11 lymph nodes removed, followed by six months [...]

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It seems like each year I have more and more mothers in which to wish a ‘Happy Mother’s Day.’ This year, I added a Mother-in-Law to the list. And even though it was technically her day, she doled out the gifts in treating my wife and I and her other son and his wife (and [...]

Fear of a virus that has infected thousands of children gripped parents in China’s capital and financial hub, as the number of cases of hand, foot and mouth disease mounted across the country.
Some 11,905 cases of the virus have been reported in China this year, the official Xinhua news agency said. The virus has caused [...]