An ACORN community organizer received a death threat and the liberal-leaning voter registration group's Boston and Seattle offices were vandalized Thursday, reflecting mounting tensions over its role in registering 1.3 million mostly poor and minority Americans to vote next month. ...more

October 18, 2008

Students Left Behind Regarding "Report Criticizes U.S. High Schools As 'Dropout Factories' " (Nation/World, Nov. 2): ...more

November 10, 2007

Authorities said floods in southern Mexico have destroyed or damaged the homes of as many as half a million people, as rescue workers focused Sunday on reaching isolated communities surrounded by water for almost a week. ...more

November 5, 2007

Facing possible NCAA sanctions for an academic-fraud scandal involving 23 student-athletes, Florida State University has made changes within its Office of Athletics Academic Support Services. ...more

September 28, 2007