According to Teenage Research Unlimited, 51 percent of 13-15 year olds say they will be faced with making a decision regarding alcohol in the next three months.

African Americans make up about 13 percent of the U.S. population but comprise 32 percent of patients treated for kidney failure, giving them a kidney failure rate that is 4.2 times greater than that of white Americans.

We cannot undo the past in this misguided war in Iraq.

California is a very important state. As goes California, so goes the nation. We need to have strong leadership. Someone who can hit the ground running.

I spend all day thinking of shopping. I love the thrill of finding that wonderful, perfect thing, the feeling of your heart racing because it's so right.

When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house.

When I talk to youngsters today, especially those involved in athletics, I tell them to get their education first.

When I was in high school, I started learning English as my second foreign language, but my level of English at that time was very average.