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10 states granted 'No Child Left Behind' exemption

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:37:46 EST

In exchange for other reforms, 10 states are being granted waivers to free them from some requirements of the No Child Left Behind education reform law.

Stay out U.S.

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:06:36 EST

Some of the bravest, noblest women and men I have met are members of the United States armed forces. To them, military intervention is not about winning a debate on television or sounding smart on Twitter. With the United Nations ruling out support for military options to stop the bloodbath in Homs in Syria, leading U.S. commentators are calling for NATO and the Arab League to intervene militarily.

China

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:52:33 EST

China will sometimes say "no" and the world should get used to it.

Mississippi pardons challenged

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:30:35 EST

Mississippi's Supreme Court on Thursday heard challenges to the scores of controversial pardons issued by former Gov. Haley Barbour on his way out of office, peppering lawyers with questions but making no immediate ruling.

L.A. school in abuse scandal reopens

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:58:43 EST

As scandal-plagued Miramonte Elementary School reopened with a new staff, L.A. school officials announced that ousted teachers could return if they are cleared in the investigation into faculty sexual misconduct.

Carville: GOP, your real problem is Mitt

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:16:36 EST

James Carville says Republicans should have been careful what they wished for. Gingrich and Santorum will soon be out and the candidate will be the politically detached Romney

China boy sobs in snow, sparks outrage

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:09:27 EST

A video of a toddler crying while running in the snow nearly naked has sparked a firestorm in China, but the boy's father says the exercise was meant to strengthen his son.

Drug reverses Alzheimer's in mice

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:38:37 EST

Scientists say they "serendipitously" discovered that a drug used to treat a type of cancer quickly reversed Alzheimer's disease in mice.