Horne: Tucson district violates ethnic studies ban
PHOENIX - A major school district in Tucson is violating a new state law by continuing an ethnic studies program designed primarily for Hispanics, outgoing Arizona schools chief Tom Horne said last week. More »
Sister's kidney donation condition of Miss. parole
JACKSON, Miss. - For 16 years, sisters Jamie and Gladys Scott have shared a life behind bars for their part in an $11 armed robbery. To share freedom, they must also share a kidney. More »
New Year's resolutions? Brain can sabotage success
WASHINGTON - Uh-oh, the new year's just begun and already you're finding it hard to keep those resolutions to junk the junk food, get off the couch or kick smoking. There's a biological reason a lot of our bad habits are so hard to break - they get wired into our brains. More »
Private schools for the poor fill gap in S. Africa
JOHANNESBURG - Dintle Zulu wanted something better for her only child than the worn classrooms, demoralized teachers and defiant students she had faced herself. So Zulu enrolled Samantha at an elite private school in a wealthy Johannesburg neighborhood, where she, then a cook, and her husband, a furniture salesman, struggled to pay the tuition. More »
