A combination of budget crises and the recession spark protests in Golden State. But the problem plagues other public universities too
White House plans for terror suspects currently in detention are likely to outrage liberals and conservatives
There can be something thrilling about accountability, so it was nice to see a federal judge declare the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers directly responsible for the destruction of most of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina
The Pentagon said Thursday it will scour its procedures for identifying volatile soldiers hidden in the ranks following the Fort Hood shooting rampage
Overparenting got way out of control in the past generation. But now a band of rebels is trying to restore some balance and sanity to family life and help bring all those anxious helicopter parents down for a soft landing
The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric.
Senate Democratic leaders are wooing Senators Mary Landrieu, Ben Nelson and Blanche Lincoln
The woes in the Michigan real-estate market were dramatically underscored when the Pontiac Silverdome was sold at auction for $583,000
A quiet revolution has changed the status of American women; so what's new now?
Ohio State's E. Gordon Gee and nine other dynamos at the nation's top schools
The contents of the disgraced financier's closets are put up for sale
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