After ten years of trying, Anne Belden finally gave birth to a son in the early 1990s. Six years later, she and her husband John adopted a daughter.

Today, there are a lot more treatment options for infertility than Anne had 30 years ago, and success rates for conceiving are much higher. Thanks to the Internet, there is also a wider support network and better opportunities to access the latest information. Something else that is different is more women are waiting longer to start their families, which increases their risk of infertility problems. Read more.

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, Maine (NEWS CENTER) --- Park directors here are taking tough criticism from business owners on Mount Desert Island. This comes as the park plans to open one month later this year due to federal spending cuts.

Acadia National Park had to absorb a budget cut of close to $400,000 when sequestration happened. Park directors responded by announcing that they won't be able to open the park's loop road until May 17 this year, which is rouhgly one month later than usual.

The road leading to Cadillac Mountain will also be off limits to cars until then and business merchants in Bar Harbor say that will only spell bad news for them. They're worried parts of the park being closed will leave tourists frustrated. They also claim directors at Acadia have not reached out to them to talk about ways to get things open sooner.

I had an interesting conversation with a friend recently about kids in school in these modern times. We were reminiscing on how we had to collect information for school reports – libraries, old magazines, microfiche, interviews with experts and encyclopedias.

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