A hearing will be held on Friday, March 18, 2011 at 9:30 am, at the Chemung County Courthouse in Elmira, NY, in support of Gary Harvey who fell down a flight of stairs in 2006, experiencing a traumatic brain injury.

Sara Harvey, Mr. Harvey’s wife, will present her arguments to disqualify Chemung County attorneys Bryan Maggs and Donald Thomson from acting as legal counsel in the guardianship case of Mr. Harvey…

A new national survey released on Thursday says 45.1 million adults in America (19.9%) suffer from mental illness — and for 11 million adults (4.8%) it is serious.

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The results, published by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), underscore the fact that mental health issues impact the lives of Americans through family discord, lost productivity, substance abuse, disability and suicides.

“Too many Americans are not getting the help they need,” said SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde. “Opportunities to prevent and intervene early are being missed. The consequences for individuals, families and communities can be devastating.”…

Whether it’s projecting friendliness and showing genuine interest in others, or gracefully receiving criticisms from a friend, all of us seek to nurture social relationships. A new report by the Pew Research Center – on the future of social relations…

In his prime, he was a Champion Barrel Racer that earned multiple trophies for his owner, displaying great strength and pride.

His darkest moments came when he was left for dead after being knocked over the head with a sledge hammer and locked in a barn with nothing to eat but his own waste.

Now, a New York family who rescued this twenty-four year old quarter horse named Jet over three years ago are desperately seeking a new home for him where he can retire with dignity and grace.

“We’ve been going from one place to the other, different rescues in the area, trying to improve his situation,”the mother, Milly, said in an exclusive interview with Big 3 News…

A federal district judge in California has ruled that Proposition 8 — the voter-approved initiative which sought to strictly define marriage as an act between one woman and one man — violates the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.

The decision effectively overturns the voter initiative and allows same-sex marriages in the State of California.

Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker said Proposition 8 “unconstitutionally burdens the exercise of the fundamental right to marry…”

A dating website created by mathematicians, OkCupid, has put a new spin on the online singles web enterprise by allowing users to design the questions that determine compatibility.

The website creators also publish a blog where they analyze member data and delve into political issues with some interesting results.

Founded in 2004 by mathematicians and Harvard graduates Max Khron, Sam Yaghan, Chris Coyne, and Christian Rudder, OkCupid claims to be the largest free online dating site in the United States with 500,000 active members…

True love can be very hard to find. Many times in our lives we will feel we have discovered it, yet we still feel a void deep down in our soul.

In finding this thing called ” true love,” I feel we sometimes search so hard we loose what is important with what we need ourselves. Some people are totally obsessed with the search for false euphoria that at times they often deny the existence within themselves that require their love and attention…

Chatroulette is an amazingly simplistic concept in today’s online world of flashy graphics and content-rich websites: connect two random strangers via their webcam. Oh, and throw in an over-sized chat room for giggles and grins.

Ironically, the appeal of the site is also it’s fatal flaw. With virtually no content control, filtering capability or user account information, the potential for inappropriate use is high.

WARNING: Parents are strongly cautioned to restrict minor’s access to the site…

Lying is always a form of control.

Some people are pathological liars, having learned that they get a rush from manipulating others with lies. But most people lie when they are afraid of the consequences of telling the truth.

Lying may be one end of a relationship system, with anger and judgment on the other end…