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Stung by criticism that they reacted too slowly to Katrina, federal officials say they're working hard to avoid making the same mistakes twice. Already, President Bush has declared Hurricane Rita an "incident of national significance" -- which helps rally federal resources.

Just over a month ago, I talked about an interesting controversy in the Plymouth-Canton Community School district, a middle-to-upper-middle area of…

The Plymouth-Canton school district will not ban Waterland from its Advanced Placement English curriculum.Graham Swift’s novel is the second book this…

In just a few weeks, most of the United States will shift back to daylight saving time, but that won't be happening in Russia. President Dmitry Medvedev has put the country on permanent summer time, and many Russians are not pleased with the late sunrise in winter.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice begins a weeklong trip to Europe, where she is expected to defend U.S. tactics regarding terrorism suspects. Before she left, Rice responded to allegations that the CIA has flown terror suspects through European airports and is holding detainees in secret.

The government says order has been restored in Myanmar, following a crackdown on recent anti-government demonstrations. But some say the bloodshed has made security forces squeamish about using violence to quell any future protests.

Political turmoil Pakistan entered 2008 with the country still enmeshed in the political turmoil caused by the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Election officials will announce tomorrow whether to postpone next week's parliamentary elections next week. But officials say they're leaning toward a postponement.

Today's Artpod features a story where science and art intersect. At a lot of colleges and universities, the sciences are housed on one part of campus, the…

Another novel taught in the Plymouth-Canton school district is up for discussion this week.The district considered banning Toni Morrison’s Beloved last…

In Africa, almost a half-million children died last year of AIDS. Hundreds of thousands of others are in need of treatment. But very few get it because the barriers to treating children are even greater than those for adults.