"We are the first in Calderdale to introduce the scheme but it doesn't scare us at all. We are very proud and excited to be in that position," said Patrick O'Conner, headmaster of Todmorden High School.
Repossessed homes in San Bernardino County also rose, from 518 in July to 860 last month. By Contrast, the county saw banks seize only 34 homes in September of last year.
"Mom and Dad" as well as "husband and wife" have been banned from California schools under a bill signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who with his signature also ordered public schools to allow boys to use girls restrooms and lo
Barring some kind of miracle, it's time to kiss Levitt and Sons goodbye. And as for Beazer, I don't care what anyone says about things being a "net positive". Beazer cannot survive with 68% cancellation rates. Who would want to orde
A few days after an Israeli reporter entered Syria using a foreign passport and published pictures of himself outside what he said was the site attacked by the IAF in a September 6 air strike, Syrian officials told foreign journalists on Monday that
Roi Mandel Published: 10.11.07, 15:04 / Israel News
The damage caused by a lack of direct dialogue with Russia regarding the Iranian nuclear issue is beyond repair, Yaakov Kidmi, former head of the Russian Jewry liaison office Nativ said Thursday
OMRO, Wis. — The candy-apple red Mustang GT is just a toy, but that didn't stop 3-year-old Jordan Will from taking his battery-operated wheels for a brief ride along a busy stretch of highway
"A walk on the wild side" is just a phrase to some. To others, it's a game plan. From the New York Post:
Tourists' eyes were popping and locals' jaws were dropping yesterday morning when a curly-haired hipster bopped around Tim
"You may remember that we tried to do that [pass her health care bill] in 1993 and 1994. We weren't totally successful, but I did not give up."
The headline didn't have the sensationalist bite that "Brain-Eating Microbes Kill
Blackwater USA guards shot at Iraqi civilians as they tried to drive away from a Baghdad square on Sept. 16, according to a report compiled by the first U.S. soldiers to arrive at the scene, where they found no evidence that Iraqis had fired weapons.
The U.S. mission in Iraq is a "nightmare with no end in sight" because of political misjudgments after the fall of Saddam Hussein that continue today, a former chief of U.S.-led forces said. Retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, who commanded c
JUDY WOODRUFF: You are somewhat of a sensation among young people in this country. They are -- you've broken all records for Web searches. You're on MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, I guess more than just about any other candidate. With all due re
A motion has been filed urging a judge to stop the forced sedation of deportees at an immigration detention center. Indonesian immigrant Raymond Soeoth says he was awaiting deportation when officers injected him with anti-psychotic drugs.
The National Security Agency and other government agencies retaliated against Qwest because the Denver telco refused to go along with a phone spying program, documents released Wednesday suggest.
President Bush said he will not sign a new eavesdropping measure that would restrict surveillance in foreign countries and would deny immunity to US telecommunications companies that helped the government conduct warrantless wiretapping after the Sep
The U.S. Army met its recruiting goals for the last year but enlisted thousands of new soldiers with criminal records and fewer who have earned high school diplomas. The spike of new enlistees given "character" waivers for fiscal 2007 conti
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates played down a newspaper report that the U.S. Marine Corps was pressing to remove its forces from Iraq and switch to a leading role in Afghanistan. "I have heard that they were beginning to think about that and
After a series of tense meetings that began with a blunt rebuff from Russian President Vladimir Putin, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates appeared to have been unable to turn around Moscow's opposition to missi
2 obsessions in Turkey may appear unrelated – a recent surge in Kurdish militant attacks and the mass killing of Armenians a century ago – are swiftly combining as a strategic tipping point in US-Turkey relations that could affect American forces in
Mychal Bell, 17, had gone to juvenile court in Jena on Thursday expecting another routine hearing. Judge Mauffrey ruled that Bell's arrest in connection with the school beating violated the terms of probation for the earlier convictions.
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The Netherlands will ban the sale of hallucinogenic mushrooms, the government announced Friday, rolling back one element of the country's permissive drug policy after a teenager on a school visit jumped to her death after taking the fungus.
Authorities have charged the mother of a boy who had rifle and told police that he was planning a Columbine-type attack on Plymouth Whitemarsh High School.
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Knights Templar, the medieval Christian military order accused of heresy and sexual misconduct, will soon be partly rehabilitated when the Vatican publishes trial documents it had closely guarded for 700 years.