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After journalists on the Oscars red carpet struggled to pronounce the name of 9-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis, Twitter users shared their stories about the funny, annoying butcherings of their own "unconventional" and "ethnic" names. One example: "Jambalayaiah" for Jamelyahweh.

The Alabama House and Senate are divided over whether a school flexibility bill should include flexibility with teacher tenure laws. The House passed a…

You may not know all the words to the Jewish staple "Hava Nagila," but you probably know the tune. Roberta Grossman wants to show the unlikely origins of the global phenomenon in her charming documentary — and the result might surprise you. (Recommended)

A new film takes a meta approach to tell the simple story of a boy, a girl and some giants. After those confused excesses are tossed aside, the movie is strongest when it focuses on its lovely story of fairy tale romance.

Advocates were heartened by the House of Representatives' reauthorizaton of the Violence Against Women Act. The legislation contains provisions that could help reduce sexual assaults and dating violence at schools.

Every year about 300,000 babies in sub-Saharan Africa are born with HIV. A new strategy aims to reduce these infections by putting every pregnant woman with HIV on drug treatment for the rest of her life. The approach has worked well, so far, in the small country of Malawi.

Conservative groups backed by wealthy industrialists David and Charles Koch spent millions but fared badly in the 2012 elections. Now they're assessing how they can get more for their money in 2014 and beyond.

Forget the typing etiquette you learned in school. In this game, we ignore most of the keyboard to focus only on the 10 letters to the right of the Tab key. House musician Jonathan Coulton leads this game and shows us just how many words we can spell with Q, W, E, R, T, Y, U, I, O and P.

Ophira Eisenberg pays tribute to another classic game show: Wheel of Fortune. But instead of giving away cars and cruises, she's giving you clues to a pair of words. Your job is to "buy" a vowel, and add it to the first clued word to get the second word. Celebrate your "win" with a little "wine."

Hey. We just met you, and this is crazy: But can you name celebrities with the initials M.B.? House musician Jonathan Coulton channels Carly Rae Jepsen's smash hit "Call Me Maybe" for these clues.