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Rhena Schweitzer Miller, the only child of Nobel Prize-winning humanitarian Dr. Albert Schweitzer, who carried on his medical missionary work in the West African country of Gabon after his death...

Porter Middle School administrators believed a boy was dealing pot on campus. So they allegedly sent a student to buy some. The sting worked -- to a point. The student...

Carl Edwards would gladly stop doing his trademark victory back flips in exchange for a NASCAR Sprint Cup. Edwards jumped off his car nine times last year, including a year...

The competition for the Iranian presidency has begun in unusual haste, with the candidates trading sharp barbs four months ahead of a crucial election that hinges on the state of...

With President Barack Obama's announcement of his plan to reduce the number of U.S. troops in Iraq, this guide provides answers about Obama's statement and the political implications. Q. When...

Porter Middle School administrators believed a boy was dealing pot on campus. So they allegedly sent a student to buy some. The sting worked -- to a point. The student...

A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx By Elaine Showalter Knopf, 608 pages, $30 The title of this, the "first literary history of...

Marie Babare Edwards, a psychologist who helped pioneer a "singles pride" movement in the 1970s through her book, "The Challenge of Being Single," and workshops she taught at the University...

Alarmed by a rising suicide rate among their troops, Marine officials announced Friday that all Marines, including those in Iraq and Afghanistan, will receive a two-hour suicide-prevention presentation next month....

The headline in Zimbabwe's Herald newspaper Friday measured the disconnection between hopes and reality: Southern African nations were "to invest $US 2 billion in Zim," it screamed. But after a...