Public colleges created during segregation to provide blacks an education denied to them by white institutions are at the center of a budget battle brewing in Georgia.
Recent satellite observations have revealed the largest breach yet seen in the magnetic field that protects Earth from most of the sun's violent blasts, researchers reported Tuesday.
The Dutch sailors aboard a warship scanned the waters off Somalia for an entire month, but they never once saw a pirate - nor fired their weapons except for target practice.
Heat is more likely to kill an American than an earthquake, and thunderstorms kill more than hurricanes do, according to a "death map" published on Tuesday.
Laura Garza, who has been missing a week after being seen leaving a Manhattan nightclub with a convicted sex offender, had been pining to return home to Texas, friends say. And a woman who'd previously encountered Michael Mele said he was "like a predator."
A Korean immigrant whose wife, two young daughters and mother-in-law perished when a military jet crashed into his house says he doesn't blame the pilot who safely ejected.
Paula Abdul says the Fox network and "American Idol" producers knew Paula Goodspeed had stalked her, and allowed the woman to audition for the show anyway.
Pending sales of existing U.S. homes fell by a smaller-than-expected margin in October, data showed on Tuesday, raising cautious optimism of some stability in the distressed housing market.
MySpace.com is teaming up with Internet search leader Google Inc. in a campaign to extend MySpace's reach and counter the expansion of their common rival Facebook Inc.
The recent boom in cosmetic procedures has raised the bar for many of us when it comes to appearance. And, it turns out, the dead are no exception.
Sandra Samuel had one thought as she huddled for safety between two refrigerators in the besieged Jewish center in Mumbai: the safety of the 2-year-old boy in her charge.
Los Angeles prosecutors have filed California's first lawsuit seeking to seize homes, businesses and other assets from known gang members.
A British lawyer is trying to help a U.K. resident allegedly being held by relatives in Bangladesh by using a new law that allows British courts to prevent someone being forced into marriage.
From Cairo to Baghdad, Muslims are having to pinch pennies as the global financial crisis and high inflation give new meaning to the four-day Festival of Sacrifice, which began Monday.
Rock guitarist Joe Satriani has sued British band Coldplay, accusing the Grammy-nominated stars of plagiarizing one of his songs.
The people of Kansas City thought they were getting a straight-shooter with financial smarts as their new mayor. What they got, critics say, is a henpecked husband whose wife tells him what to do.
Here are seven outstanding-for-the-price ways to make your home-movie-viewing experience a whole lot better, categorized by the price of the bundle.
Frustrated by rules preventing military doctors from treating Iraqis, two U.S. soldiers began arranging for sick children to receive free medical treatment abroad.
An independent report on American higher education flunks all but one state when it comes to affordability - an embarrassing verdict that is unlikely to improve as the economy contracts.
A Russian space analyst says his organization has been monitoring what appears to be a malfunctioning Pentagon spy satellite.
A city alderman frustrated with the police response to rising crime called Tuesday on residents to arm themselves to protect their lives and property.
A growing number of soldiers are choosing to stay in the U.S. military because of the bleak economy.
A federal judge in Kansas has issued a stay in what would be the military's first execution since 1961.
The Bush administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to let the nation's older power plants draw in billions of gallons of water for cooling without installing technology that would best protect fish and aquatic organisms.
Scientists now have manipulated people's perceptions to make them think they have swapped bodies with another human or even a "humanoid body," experiencing the sensations that the other would feel and giving the illusion of being inside the other's body.
Why is it that every time I bring up ksoze.newsvine.com, the main page are crammed with Obama and other super liberal 'you too can hate your country' news stories?
Nice post on the Nebraska teacher firing. Definitely touched a nerve on both sides of the issue.
— luckydog
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