A series of 60-second videos celebrate city sights and sounds, from a night of bikeracing to a day at the beach to practicing Parkour. (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) View

In Johannesburg, being a member of an openly lesbian soccer team can mean risking your life. (NYT) View

Working with a certified nurse-midwife, an Ohio couple has a positive experience with home birthing for their second child. (Soul of Athens) View

An Osaka café provides feline lovers with a place to get their kitty fixes. (Time) View

After unhappily struggling to balance career with homemaking, a Minnesota mom decides to host women's parties to hawk sex aids. View

While their post-college plans aren't working out, young adults take a hard look at their realistic employment options for the future. (Nashville Tennessean) View

After the housing market crashed, Robert Rudolph, 53, left his formerly prosperous career as a mortgage broker to pursue his first love: choir music. (AARP) View

A young couple finds that a relationship formed at the Smiling Skull Saloon can work -- even when a baby arrives. (Soul of Athens) View

Get a haircut or play a game of checkers at this long-standing Washington, D.C. establishment. (Roll Call) View

With the onset of puberty, a young girl navigates the fluid space between genders with the help of understanding parents and friends. (Media That Matters) View

Twenty years after providing blood samples for diabetes research, the Havasupai tribe got them back -- after charges of medical fraud and a prolonged lawsuit. (NYT) View

Customized bicycles in Oakland, California, called 'scraper bikes,' are the teenager's version of a lowrider car. (California is a Place) View