The underdogs always had Father Joseph Doyle in their corner. If you had trouble paying tuition at Jesuit High School, where he served as president for 12 years, he found a way to make up the difference. ...more

December 9, 2008

The first study to follow lead-exposed children from before birth into adulthood has shown that even relatively low levels of lead permanently damage the brain and are tied to higher numbers of arrests, particularly for violent crime. ...more

May 28, 2008

An investigation of college study-abroad programs by the New York attorney general's office has expanded to include 15 colleges and universities, among them Harvard, Brown and Columbia, according to a senior lawyer in the office. ...more

January 21, 2008

Actor Denzel Washington was born Dec. 28, 1954, in Mount Vernon, N.Y. In the 1980s, millions of television viewers knew him as Dr. Phillip Chandler on the popular drama "St. Elsewhere." Today, he is one of Hollywood's leading actors through starring roles in films such as "Malcolm X" and "The Hurricane." ...more

December 28, 2007