Donations sought to pay medical bills for cancer-stricken ‘Stand and Deliver’ teacher

Funds sought for ill ‘Stand and Deliver’ teacher

2 Air Force units overseeing nuclear missiles in Montana fail inspection

Air Force nuclear units fail inspection in Montana

Rally outside Capitol in Sacramento comes several days before planned national demonstration

UC students protest budget cuts, fee hikes

Syracuse No. 1 for first time in 20 years, former No. 1 Texas out of Top 25

Syracuse No. 1 for first time in 20 years

Syracuse took quite a route to its first No. 1 ranking in 20 years.

Obama cites RI school firings as proof of need for accountability in school performance

US President Barack Obama

Obama takes on high school dropout crisis, proposing $900 M in return for drastic changes

US President Barack Obama welcomes Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak
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Hands crippled by polio, girl writes exam with pen in mouth

KOLKATA - Nasima Khatun, 16, cannot hold a pen in her hands and write. A polio attack when she was five has left her hands crippled. But she has appeared for the Class 10 board exams in West Bengal and wrote the papers holding the pen in her mouth.

Obama to announce steps Monday to reduce school dropout rate

US President Barack Obama

Winter recess for Kashmir schools extended

SRINAGAR - Winter recess for schools in the Kashmir Valley has been extended by a week in view of adverse weather conditions, an official said Monday.