Emerson to discuss senior issues. U.S. Eighth District Representative Jo Ann Emerson will discuss issues relating to seniors in Southeast Missouri on Friday.

Creating a simple life. Centre College professor David A. Anderson learned about economics at the University of Michigan and Duke University, but he learned about conservation without leaving home.

Bogus degrees for educators aren't a shock. Anyone surprised that public school administrators can get bogus degrees paid for by taxpayers, then use those worthless documents to get salary hikes? Me neither.

Review: Inspiring 'The Writer Within You'. He explains the differences between the novel, memoir and everyone's favorite oxymoronic genre, creative nonfiction, defined by Poynter Institute writing coach Chip Scanlan as a fact-based "union of..

Natives Hail Role in Shaping Issues at Democratic Convention. Victor Merina is reznet's senior correspondent and special projects editor. A former Los Angeles Times investigative reporter and finalist for the Pulitizer Prize, he also is a senior fellow at the USC..

Iraqi police disarm girl sent on suicide mission. A teenage girl wearing an explosive suicide vest surrendered to police in the Iraqi city of Baqouba rather than detonating the device, according to video pictures released yesterday.

Mosaic CEO takes in $5M in - 08. Jim Prokopanko, CEO of The Mosaic Co., received compensation worth nearly $5 million in fiscal 2008, the company reported Monday.

At least 5 people hurt after car crashes through fence at Branchburg daycare center. Five people -- three children and two adults -- were injured shortly after noon Wednesday when a car went through a fence into a playground at the KinderCare Learning Center on Route 28 in the North Branch..

California leads nation in immigrant births. A new and more nuanced national report about fertility shows a significantly higher share of babies are born to immigrants in California than in any other state, even as a lower-than-average share of the..

Am I too old for motherhood? Dear Bunmi, I am almost forty and I recently got married at last and would like to have a baby.

Pregnancy Complication Could be a Sign of Problems to Come. As anyone who has been pregnant can attest, the nine months spent carrying a baby can feel like a marathon.

Survey: Drug use down among Hoosier teens. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Overall drug use by Indiana middle and high school students continued to decline this year, according to an annual survey.

Long bus rides in 1 Ohio school district. A central Ohio school district is apologizing to students who endured bus rides home as long as 3 1/2 hours on the first day of school.

Texas truant students to be tracked by GPS anklets. Court authorities here will be able to track students with a history of skipping school under a new program requiring them to wear ankle bracelets with Global Positioning System monitoring.But at least one group is worried the ankle bracelets will infringe on students' privacy.Linda Penn, a Bexar County justice of the peace, said she anticipates that about 50 students from four San Antonio-area school districts _ likely to be mostly high schoolers _ will wear the anklets during the six-month pilot program announced Friday. She said the time the students wear the anklets will be decided on a case-by-case basis.

Fewer MT schools meeting national standards. The number of Montana schools and school districts that met goals required under federal education requirements declined in 2008 as the requirements increased, the state's top educator said Friday.

School District Preps For Possible Immigration Raids. Garland school district officials want to make sure their students are not left without a legal guardian should one of their parents be deported during an immigration raid.

Volunteers hit the street to find students not in school. Volunteers are fanning out in Greenville neighborhoods to find high school students who have not shown up for school.

A teacher on the front line as faith and science clash. ORANGE PARK, Florida : David Campbell switched on the overhead projector and wrote "Evolution" in the rectangle of light on the screen.

Casino shares drop on talk of Macau visa cutbacks. Shares of casino operators fell sharply on Tuesday amid concerns that the Chinese government may act to curtail visits by mainlanders to Macau, the only place in China where gambling is legal.

Leading economic indicators fell sharply in July. A private business groups measure of the economys health showed the largest drop in one year as stocks fell, new building permits declined and unemployment rose.