Iran's president accused "a few bullying powers" of trying to thwart his country's peaceful nuclear program and declared in a speech Tuesday before the U.N. General Assembly that "the American empire" is nearing collapse. ...more

September 24, 2008

Q. Why does Florida give school grades? ...more

August 1, 2008

If only the federal government could pull off this trick. The proposed fiscal 2009 budget Pasco County Administrator John Gallagher unveiled last week is 19 percent below the current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. That would put the county budget for next year below the $1 billion threshold, at roughly $980 million. ...more

July 23, 2008

Six states are getting the OK to write their own prescriptions for ailing schools under the Bush administration's signature education law. ...more

July 2, 2008

Iran rejected a six-nation offer of incentives to stop enriching uranium on Saturday, prompting President Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy to jointly warn Tehran against proceeding toward a nuclear bomb. ...more

June 15, 2008

TAMPA – The University of South Florida announced Thursday the hiring of Curtis Jones to direct its academic program for football as the Assistant Athletics Director for Football Student-Athlete Development. ...more

June 5, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Students and teachers at Cox Elementary in Dade City tried new strategies to improve test scores this year as the school faces possible sanctions under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. ...more

May 9, 2008

On the same day Florida State announced the university was placing its athletic program on two years of probation as part of self-imposed sanctions relating to an academic cheating scandal, Indiana basketball coach Kelvin Sampson shared the spotlight after the NCAA announced Sampson was in violation of five potential "major" NCAA violations. ...more

February 16, 2008

TALLAHASSEE – Florida State will reduce scholarships in several sports and has placed its athletic program on two-year probation in the wake of an academic cheating scandal involving more than 50 athletes. ...more

February 14, 2008

Kelvin Sampson's future at Indiana was in doubt Wednesday following the release of an NCAA report that says he committed five "major" violations. ...more

February 14, 2008