Society Highlights

Just because the internet renders you virtually anonymous does not mean social customs should be ignored. Just like in the outside world, there is etiquette that should be obeyed if you want to be treated as a friend rather than an annoyance online.

Who's funnier: men or women? A new study has some interesting findings.

Cousins Laura Matones-DiStefano and Donna Cafiero who graced the cover of the Daily News on May 12, 1961 at a surprise 50th birthday party in Brooklyn.

Ted Kennedy talks about the challenges in education in America. He also addresses some of the problems facing our educational systems and institutions today.

Do you like shrimp? It’s one of America's favorite seafood. We head to Maryland to meet some farmers hauling in a harvest of seafood, but the ocean has nothing to do with this story!

Montana is known for its large wheat harvest. But, we meet a multigenerational farm family who has had to meet farming demands and diversify their crop. See how this family pulled some cash out of their crop by planting bountiful acres of sugar beets!

Bonnie Carroll talks about her work saving trapped whales, as depicted in the film "Big Miracle," and discusses her organzation TAPS.

UNICEF correspondent Priyanka Pruthi reports on flood-displaced families struggling to survive winter in Pakistan.

Have you ever been at the dinner table and have been unsure what to do next? What fork to use? How to hold the glass? Where to put your napkin? Oliver Mims illustrates the ease of mastering table manners.

Recently, we met a group of Texas teenagers who were part of a national competition to restore old tractors. What made this group unique was the fact that all were young women – and the team did extremely well at the FFA national finals in this event.

They call it sugar making, we know this "sugar" as maple syrup. Tapping trees for syrup is a long process and demand continues to rise in the U.S. and other countries. We visit the New England mountains, where a family has been producing maple syrup for 7 decades. Another family close by is one of the biggest producers of maple syrup in the world!

Alan Dershowitz, professor at the Harvard Law School, talks about the importance of law in society. He also talks about the rule of law in Western countries.

The parents of 5 year old Mabou Loiseau from Haiti spend $1,500 a week on tutors and lessons – and she spends seven hours a day in some type of instruction, with Sundays off.