PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The country's smallest state has the longest official name: "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations."

NEW YORK - A New York City eighth-grader's essay papers about a personal hero has landed him and his favorite teacher a role in a Superman book.

Thirteen-year-old Hakeem Bennett, a special-needs student at Public School 36 in Brooklyn, won the Stone Arch Books national essay contest.

Six-year-old grabs top spot with 138.8-pound halibut.

Childless employees have long complained that they work harder (and are treated unfairly) because they don't have kids at home. Well, they can stop their complaining. Turns out they're being compensated for their lack of progeny. An the pay gap is bigger than you may realize.

Companies are rushing to sponsor the increasingly popular blogs that offer tips on parenting.

Storage tankers across the globe may be brimming with oil that no one is buying because of the global economic downturn, but the traditional laws of supply and demand don't always apply to oil prices.

Susie of Arabia, an American woman who writes the blog "Susie's Big Adventure" and whose posts are frequently found here on Boudica was blocked by the Saudi government over the weekend. The French press has picked up on the story and it's being picked up around the world. Read it here.

In a society where girls are punished for refusing sex and HIV is endemic, football has become an educational tool.