Fast-Tracking Law School

Northwestern is the latest school to let students shave a year off the traditional three-year slog

• Are Lawyers Running America?
• Get Ready for Express Lawyers

NTSB Probes O'Hare Near Collision

The National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday it is investigating a near collision of airborne planes at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport

Texas Starts Cleanup after Dolly

Residents and recovery teams began fanning out across south Texas at dawn

Woman Kills Self Before Foreclosure

A 53-year-old wife and mother fatally shot herself shortly after faxing a letter to her mortgage company saying that by the time they foreclosed on her house that day, she would be dead

N.J. to Require Organ Donor Decision

In five years, New Jersey residents seeking driver's licenses will have to decide whether they want to become organ donors under a new first-of-its kind law

Swampland

That Media Bias Thing

As we remind ourselves once again that this is a once-in-a-generation change election, let's remember that the American people have not (yet) been sold on Obama, who has a modest 6-point lead in the latest WSJ/NBC poll.

Real Clear Politics

Paging Charlie Crist

Six weeks ago McCain was winning Florida in nearly every poll, and it looked as if adding Charlie Crist to the ticket was not only unnecessary but might further alienate some conservatives as well.

Summer Entertainment Guide

From the newest tunes to the latest art exhibits, the freshest TV shows to the hottest movies, a survey of the artistic offerings to come in the summer of '08

This is not about politics, it's about people who are poor, who are in need and want to be helped by government.

• JACOB ZUMA,
• head of South Africa's governing African National Congress, expressing shock about white poverty in the country