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August 22, 2011 Politicos and education wonks alike are calling out Education Secretary Arne Duncan over statements he made this weekend concerning Texas education under Gov. Rick Perry, one of the Re

The Missouri State Teachers Association (MSTA) on Friday filed a lawsuit challenging one provision of a new state law seeking to regulate teachers’ contact with students via social networking sites

-August 20, 2011 - Leaders of the unions that have been on strike against Verizon Communications announced on Saturday that they were ending the walkout even though the two sides had not reached an ov

“Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord.” (Lamentations 3:40 NIV) There are a lot of things in life that can’t be changed. For example, you can’t change your past or the

August 19, 2011 CNN's Max Foster talks to film director Kevin MacDonald about his latest project on the famine in Somalia.

CNN's Nadia Bilchik talks to Alina Cho about diamond-studded contact lenses and the fight for red-soled shoes. http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/08/20/nr.bilchik.diamond.contacts.cn

Although she wasn't gone for long, our Sister is back .

(CNN) -- A statue resembling the goddess Athena and jewelry bearing images from Greco-Roman mythology may not be objects you'd expect to see in a museum exhibit of Buddhist art from Pakistan. Their

"Some days it is extraordinarily clear why you went into this profession... Then there are the “other days” when you wonder, every moment of the day, why you are here. On those days, take a few mome

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Kris Humphries has officially caught up with Kim Kardashian. The basketball pro and the reality star are husband and wife. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/kim-kardashian-kris-humph

Our God is a wondrous God. Do you really know that He’s a wonder and He works wonders? “He’s a wonder in my soul / He’s a wonder in my soul / He’s a wonder in my soul bless His name” is a song that si

PHOENIX -- Is Rep. Gabrielle Giffords running for re-election? That's a question State Sen. Frank Antenori of Tucson wants to answer before the May 15 deadline for submitting nominating petitions. T

Embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi may be preparing to flee the country within days, according to NBC News. U.S. officials told NBC that intelligence reports suggest Gaddafi is in the process of

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(CNN) - The Vatican has given authority to priests who are in Madrid during the pope’s visit there to give absolution to women who confess to having had an abortion - and has empowered priests to lift

August 19, 2011 Composer says he is ' amazed ' at the controversy over the image selected. Reaction seems ' completely wrong ' Steve Reich, the Pulitzer-winning American composer, has pulled the con

Don't let these 4 myths about spiritual intimacy keep you and your spouse apart. Although I'm not keen on stereotypes, I can't help noticing how women and men gravitate toward certain gender outlooks

Since the civil rights era the government has helped minority students overcome obstacles to succeed. But now, if some in the House of Representatives get their way, 40 years of marching toward equali

Shaunie O'Neal confirmed that Meeka "Greasy" Claxton aka Ace Hood will not return for season four of VH1's "Basketball Wives." The queen bee called into Power 92 Hot Boys radio for an interview where

The FBI has opened a civil rights investigation into the death of a black man who Mississippi authorities say was intentionally run down by a white teenager in a pickup truck. Deborah Madden, an FBI s

The bed shook. My eyes popped open in the dark. I lay still, hopeful that I could fall back to sleep. Just as my lids closed, a quick jerk roused me again. Then a three-stage snore ripped through the

I wanted to make sure you saw the news: Today President Obama announced a common-sense policy change that will make our immigration system fairer and smarter. I'm proud to support it, and I hope you a

Q. In a critique of the revival, Frank Bruni wrote in his New York Times column that when it comes to fixing our country’s problems, “faith and prayer just won’t cut it. In fact, they’ll get in the w

This I command you, to love one another. If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of th

(BlackDoctor.org) -- Tia Mowry was thrilled when her son Cree (“it means warrior,” she says), her first child with husband Cory Hardrict, was born five days early on June 28. “I was told to be prepare