New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit.
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Paddlings, swats, licks. A quarter of a million schoolchildren got them last year — and blacks, American Indians and kids with disabilities got a disproportionate share of the punishment, according to a study by a human rights group.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
CHICAGO - An Indiana railroader, an Iowa mother and a Michigan truck driver are getting a moment at the Democratic convention to help portray Barack Obama as the people's champion and counter GOP characterizations of him as an out-of-touch celebrity.The idea is for these "real people," as the campaign calls them, to share personal stories about why they are supporting the Democratic presidential candidate...
Examiner (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Even if a student plans on a major where the financial rewards aren't so obvious, such as art history or philosophy, most American families don't factor in their child's expected earning power when considering the potential debt load for college.
Examiner (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
A jury has ruled that a ranch company's negligence helped lead to the 2005 landslide that killed 10 people in a community on California's central coast.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
TOKYO - Morning train commuters in Tokyo were joined on their way to work by an unusual companion Wednesday: a wild monkey.A security guard spotted the monkey near ticket gates in Shibuya Station, said Norihiru Masui, a spokesman for train operator Tokyu Corp.The monkey climbed to a perch high atop a departure board, and around 30 policemen surrounded the area and attempted to snare it with a variety...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
It took a jury 13 days to convict and sentence Damien Echols to death for the 1993 slayings of three second-graders.
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 28 minutes ago
Tropical Storm Fay meandered north along the Florida Atlantic coast Wednesday but did not immediately head out over the ocean, lessening the chances it will gain strength and become a hurricane.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
The Appalachian Trail is getting something new along its 2,175-mile route from Georgia to Maine - a highway underpass.
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) _ The week before the 2004 Democratic National Convention, John Kerry drafted his presidential nomination speech and then set off on a cross-country trip that brought him home to thousands of delegates waiting in Boston.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans remain deeply worried about a faltering economy and their own financial futures, but their outlook improved slightly this month, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
A man who killed 11 people by causing a commuter rail disaster in Glendale faces sentencing, one month after a jury recommended he serve life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
More women in their early 40s are childless, and those who are having children are having fewer than ever before, the Census Bureau said Monday.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
The demise of touch-screen voting has produced a graveyard of expensive corpses: Warehouses stacked with thousands of carefully wrapped voting machines that have been shelved because of doubts about vanishing votes and vulnerability to hackers.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
An 85-year-old woman busted a would-be burglar inside her home, then forced him to call police while she kept him in her gun's sights, police said.
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nicolexue | 03/03/2008
1 Common, but on the decline Nationwide, at least 45 million people ages 12 and older -- or one out of five adolescents and adults -- have had genital herpes, a sexually transmitted disease caused by the herpes simplex viruses type 1 or type 2. Over the past decade, the percentage of Americans with genital herpes has decreased, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. It's more common...
raimondo | 02/27/2008
John McCain Senator from Arizona Party: Republican Religion: Baptist Website : www.johnmccain.com Position on Sex Education: McCain has declared his support for abstinence-only-until-marriage programs on a regular basis and, in February 2007, he spoke to 1,500 students in South Carolina about abstaining from pre-marital sex. "Senator McCain has a long legislative record of supporting abstinence-based
raimondo | 02/27/2008
Mike Huckabee Former Governor of Arkansas Party: Republican Religion: Baptist Website : www.mikehuckabee.com Position on Sex Education: Governor Huckabee favors abstinence-only education and opposes abstinence-plus education. (1) He does not believe in teaching "about sex or contraception in public schools," as he says "that is the responsibility of parents." (2) Position on Abortion: Governor Huckabee
