Pennsylvania student charged in nude pope-parody
A Carnegie Mellon University student was charged Friday with indecent exposure by campus police after a Catholic bishop complained about her parading ...

Ex-yeshiva teacher faces sex assault charges in NJ
The 12-year-old boy and his rabbi father were driving from the boy's therapist appointment to their Lakewood, N.J., home when the child decided to ...

Obama, in Texas, presses middle-class jobs agenda
Offering a more upbeat view of the economy, President Barack Obama resurrected his jobs proposals Thursday, advancing modest initiatives as he pushed ...

'Sugar Man' Rodriguez gets honorary degree
Wayne State University had no idea that a folk hero was in its midst when the Detroit school awarded Sixto Rodriguez a philosophy degree in 1981.

Judge rules for cheerleaders in Bible banner suit
A judge ruled Wednesday that cheerleaders at a Southeast Texas high school can display banners emblazoned with Bible verses at football games. But the ...

Coach cleared of charges no longer at MSU, Mankato
A former head football coach for Minnesota State University, Mankato, who was cleared of child pornography charges last year but reassigned to an ...
US appeals panel speaks well of Google book plans
Judges on a federal appeals court panel spoke excitedly Wednesday about Google Inc.'s plan to create the world's largest digital library, signaling ...

First lady honors outstanding libraries, museums
Michelle Obama says the nation's libraries and museums are creating better, more informed citizens and doing it with fewer resources. The first lady ...

Disabled couple seek life together in group home
With the beaming smiles of newlyweds, Paul Forziano and Hava Samuels hold hands, exchange adoring glances and complete each other's sentences.

US consumers cut back on credit card use in March
Americans cut back on using their credit cards in March, suggesting many were reluctant to take on high-interest debt to make purchases.

Medal of Honor Society honors Newtown educators
The six educators killed in the December massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School were honored Monday by an organization comprised of Medal of Honor ...

Items from Hemingway's Cuba home go to JFK Library
While most Americans have never seen Ernest Hemingway's home in Cuba where he wrote some of his most famous books, a set of 2,000 recently digitized ...
ACT to start giving tests digitally
Goodbye, No. 2 pencils. Hello, iPads. Starting as early as spring 2015, the ACT college admissions exam will go digital, reflecting students' tech ...
Josh Ritter protests Pa. college's gay policy
Singer-songwriter Josh Ritter says he won't play a central Pennsylvania Christian college again unless it changes its policy against "homosexual ...

Mississippi prepares new push on education
It's early on a Friday morning, and high school chemistry students in Victoria Dawson's class are working equations at the board. Dawson is peppering ...

Wash. State graduate wears wedding gown under robe
With friends and family already gathered for her graduation from Washington State University, Cassie Dotts thought it would be a good time for another ...

Teen immigrant angst _ a factor in bombings?
Anna Tabakh didn't know a word of English. At age 5, a stranger in a strange land, she was en route with her parents from the Soviet Union to a new ...

Obama dares graduates to reject cynical voices
A year to the day after kicking off his victorious re-election campaign on this college campus, President Barack Obama returned to Ohio State ...
Feds: Hepatitis B no barrier to health practice
Peter Nguyen was a promising medical student when his school learned that he had tested positive for the hepatitis B virus. He said he was blackballed ...

Harvard Professor apologizes for Keynes comments
Niall Ferguson, a Harvard history professor and author, apologized on Saturday for saying economist John Maynard Keynes was less invested in the ...

Saudis allow some girls' schools to offer sports
Saudi Arabian girls will be allowed to play sports in private schools for the first time, according to a decision announced on Saturday, the latest ...

Obama: Unsure whether expanded pre-K will pass
President Barack Obama says he's not sure whether he can get Congress to pass his plan to dramatically expand pre-kindergarten in the U.S. He says ...

Young gay athletes set tone for NBA coming out
You've probably never heard of Holly Peterson or Jonathan Jean-Pierre. One came out as a lesbian at age 15, when she was playing high school ...
Small Wash. school closes because of nice weather
In a sun-deprived part of Washington state, the promise of nice spring weather prompted a small private school to give students a day off to enjoy the ...