What Common Standards for Schools Can and Can't Do

Excitement about states agreeing to adopt common standards is creating some confusion -- and exaggeration -- about what these standards can be expected to accomplish

Obama versus Boehner

President Obama's verbal jabs at John Boehner Wednesday could very well have been a preview of the next two years, if Republicans take back control of Congress this November. John Boehner - Republican - Barack Obama - United States Congress - United States

Items taken, but packages left behind

Police accuse an Indiana couple of committing a six-week shoplifting spree at the Oxford Wal-Mart store where they stole merchandise, mostly electronics, but left the empty packages behind.

Indiana National Guardsmen get goat training: Afghan strategy to help rebuild farms

LAKEVILLE -- National Guardsmen were in town Tuesday getting armed with the latest weapon on terrorism: farming.

This Week's Hot Reads

This week: Sara Gruen’s new novel about apes, a social history of the American company town, a riveting account of the great African-America migration, one US Marines life story from African child soldier to hero, and Ruth Rendell’s latest mystery.