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Take a walk around the nation's capital, and you will see one way government has changed since September 11: concrete barriers.

President Bush's closest ally, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, presents an ominous warning: He says that Iraq is capable of launching a chemical or biological weapon within minutes.

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a school district violated a Bible club leader's rights by refusing to give her club the same status and benefits granted to other school groups.

The managing editor of U.S. News & World Report defended his magazine's use of SAT scores, alumni donations and administrators' opinions to rate American colleges and universities. But as new rankings came out Friday, critics still said the system is flawed.

After forcing thousands from their homes in Mexico, Tropical Storm Isidore moves North towards Louisiana.

Last January, Kelly O'Ryan talked her way into one of the few slots open for a new course called Why Do 'They' Hate 'Us'? at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York.

Israel's army says it has halted the destruction of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's compound in Ramallah. The statement follows a siege that has lasted since Thursday, when Israeli forces began demolishing parts of Arafat's headquarters in response to two suicide attacks on Israelis last week.

Some top Washington officials are urging the Bush administration to slow down its push for action against Iraq. Former Vice President Al Gore says that Bush is putting the war on terrorism in jeopardy by focusing on Iraq, and that the United States needs time for careful analysis of what may lie ahead concerning the Arab nation.

Traditionally, teachers' raises have been linked to years in the classroom or extra coursework completed. But critics say it's time to change that system, and tie teachers' pay to performance.

Government sources have identified the five suspects arrested over the weekend in Buffalo, New York, as al Qaeda-trained operatives.

U.S.-born children of Hispanic immigrants are nearly as likely as whites to enroll in college, but less than half as likely to earn bachelor's degrees, according to a report released Thursday.

In two New Jersey schools, Johnny can read, write -- and get his teeth fixed.

Two weeks before school began, Kent Bunderson learned he was getting 40 new kids.

The Senate began debate Tuesday on establishing a Cabinet-level homeland security office as the White House argued for more authority over managing an estimated 170,000 workers in the proposed department.

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Students in charter schools, often seen as an alternative to failing neighborhood schools, are scoring significantly below public school pupils in basic reading and math skills, a new study shows.

The White House may have found a link between the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the al Qaeda terrorist organization. Speaking at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said that the U.S. has what it considers credible evidence that al Qaeda leaders have sought contacts in Iraq who could help them acquire weapons of mass destruction capabilities.