The state has spent about $2 million defending a class-action lawsuit that claims Florida is violating federal Medicaid requirements by providing inadequate medical and dental care to more than 1 million children. ...more

December 7, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is calling for an overhaul of college programs that prepare teachers, saying they are cash cows that do a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the classroom. ...more

October 21, 2009

Oprah Winfrey's in-house medical and health expert is leaving his spot as a regular on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" for his own syndicated program. ...more

May 11, 2009

Find out what the fashion advisor is up to now. ...more

March 6, 2009

Fernando Perez, the organization's Minor League Player of the Year, believes he's ready to show he can play every day in the majors. ...more

March 1, 2009

Economists are likely to debate the causes and solutions of the financial crisis and economic recession for a long time to come. ...more

February 6, 2009

On buttons, posters and Web sites, the image was everywhere during last year's presidential campaign: a pensive Barack Obama looking upward, as if to the future, splashed in a Warholesque red, white and blue and underlined with the caption HOPE. ...more

February 5, 2009

I need these pills refilled," the weary mother says, displaying an array of empty bottles on the desk in my office. "My son is bipolar." ...more

December 20, 2008

My Aunt Pat called last week to remind us we were coming to the Christmas show at her church. I remembered sighing to myself last year when she first called to invite us. I knew about church Christmas pageants, having been in enough of them. But there was no escape. ...more

December 5, 2008

Globe-trotting sociologist and economist Saskia Sassen is accustomed to touching down in a random city and getting an instant feel for the place. ...more

November 23, 2008