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College students today are less likely to "get" the emotions of others than their counterparts 20 and 30 years ago, a new review study suggests.  read more »

THE curious tale of the diamond that arrived in the night has returned to haunt supermodel Naomi Campbell, who is entangled in a web of allegations against Charles Taylor, the former Liberian presiden  read more »

A panel of retired military leaders has joined the fight against childhood obesity, saying that unhealthy school lunches are making America's youth unfit for military service and therefore pose a thre  read more »

An Arkansas boy is suing his mom because she allegedly hacked into his Facebook account and posted slanderous remarks.  read more »

Bingeing on high-calorie foods may be as addictive as cocaine or nicotine, and could cause compulsive eating and obesity, according to a study published on Sunday.  read more »

Ciroma Mohammed is standing on the spot he says was once occupied by his house in north-east Nigeria.  read more »

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1. Do you think that banning the term mental retardation will actually increase the use of the title in a derogatory manner?  read more »

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A Goldsboro parent who helped come up with the idea to sell grades to raise money for a middle school defended the plan Wednesday, even as the school district shut it down.  read more »

WASHINGTON -- Call it a star party with real star power.  read more »

When President Barack Obama gives a televised address to students in schools across the country on Tuesday, some metro Detroit school districts won't be broadcasting it.  read more »

Key developments on H1N1 (swine flu) outbreaks, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization and government officials:  read more »

President Barack Obama Delivers Inaugural Address at US Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Jan. 20, 2009  read more »

WASHINGTON - Inaugurations that loom large in history are seen differently at the time.  read more »

President-elect Barack Obama uses his weekly radio/video address this morning to talk again about the economy's problems and what he thinks needs to be done to give it a boost.  read more »

Among the potential changes: college at 16, teacher-run schools, and state exams with assignments.  read more »

The amount of water in the world is limited. The human race, and the other species which share the planet, cannot expect an infinite supply.  read more »

{Excerpts} The Christian Science Monitor plans major changes in April 2009 that are expected to make it the first newspaper with a national audience to shift from a daily print format to an online pub  read more »

The teachers' union for the nation's largest public school system accused the city on Friday of banning political campaign buttons and sued to reverse the policy, declaring that free speech rights wer  read more »

Carl Azuz talks with CNNMoney.com's Paul LaMonica about how we arrived at the current U.S. financial crisis  read more »

A record 57 million people were expected to tune-in to the vice presidential debate. And folks in the Treasure Valley made sure not to miss it.  read more »

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There's a scary monster hanging over the country at the moment, and it's called the CREDIT CRUNCH.

You've probably heard people talking about it like it's a Really Bad Thing.  read more »

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A scientific expedition this fall will map the unexplored Arctic seafloor where the U.S.  read more »