Several state and local education officials are rebelling against the No Child Left Behind Law, and demanding reforms from student testing mandates, but Congress is yet to take a stand.
A NATO helicopter crashed in Afghanistan's east on Monday but there were no apparent casualties, officials said, another stark reminder of the dangers of the war after 38 people were killed in an air incident, the largest single loss for foreign forces in 10 years.
All the three rating agencies -- Moody's, Fitch and S&P - have warned the current Administration that if things weren't done to curtail the tide of out-of-control spending and poor fiscal and monetary policies they would be forced to review the credit rating of the U.S. for possible downgrade.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who had considered stepping down after the government borrowing limit was raised, confirmed on Sunday that he will remain at his post at President Barack Obama's request.
The European Central Bank stepped into bond markets on Monday, backing up a pledge to support Spain and Italy with the aim of averting financial meltdown in the euro zone, while the G7 and G20 offered soothing words to investors shaken by a historic downgrade of the U.S. debt rating.
India is in a better position than other countries to manage the impact of an uncertain global economic situation following the developments in the United States and the euro zone, the finance minister said on Monday.
Hours after the Arab League condemned the Syrian regime's violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, Saudi Arabia said it was recalling its ambassador to Damascus and denounced the Syrian ?death machine? in harsh language.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will remain in the position at President Barack Obama's request. Geithner considered stepping down after the government borrowing limit was raised.
Authorities in Britain are asking that calmness prevail following a riot in Tottenham on Saturday where police cars were torched, stores looted and multiple fires were set in the north London area. Rioters on Saturday set two patrol cars, a building and a double-decker bus ablaze when they clashed with police in front of the Tottenham Police Station demanding "justice" for the death of a 29-year-old killed in a gunfight.
It wasn't long after Standard & Poor's lowered the United States' credit rating from AAA to AA+, for the blame game to begin.
London braced on Sunday for more violence after some of the worst riots in the British capital for years which politicians and police blamed on criminal thugs but residents attributed to local tensions and anger over hardship.
The massive importation of African slaves to the New World, and subsequent social interactions over five centuries has raised questions about who is really ?black.?
The rioting in Tottenham, north London comes three decades after the deadly summer of 1981 when cities across England witnessed massive civil unrest.
The Tea Party arrived in Washington after mid-term elections with talk of change in Washington. So far, Tea Party leaders have only been a distraction. To create change in Washington, they need to bring forth a plan and build consensus.
The U.S. Navy SEALs and other troops whose helicopter was shot down by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan Saturday had rushed to the mountainous area to help a U.S. Army Ranger unit that was under fire from insurgents, two U.S. officials said Sunday.
The downgrade (while perhaps not a total surprise) arrived somewhat unexpectedly ? and during a period when markets are already in an extremely volatile and fragile state.
Nearly two dozen members of SEAL Team 6 were among 30 American troops killed Saturday when the Taliban shot down their helicopter during an overnight operation in eastern Afghanistan.
Texas Governor Rick Perry has not yet officially announced his candidacy for president. But on Saturday in Houston, at a prayer event he organized, Perry made it clear he's already in the race to become America's next president.
Corrupt practices, nepotism, imagery and an inadequate education system responsible for lack of scientific spirit
London picked itself up on Sunday from some of the worst violence seen in the British capital for years which politicians and police blamed on criminal thugs but residents attributed to local tensions and anger over rising financial hardship.
The Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church has issued a press release saying that they will picket the funerals of the Norway victims who lost their lives when Anders Breivik set off a bomb in Oslo and gunned down 69 at a youth camp in the island of Utoya.
Doubts are growing in the German government that Italy could be rescued by the European emergency fund, even if the fund were to be tripled in size, according to the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel.
The United States lost its top-tier AAA credit rating from Standard & Poor's on Friday, a move that will affect the country's borrowing costs and investor opinion of U.S. assets. Here is a Q+A on what the downgrade means for investors, consumers and to the country.
The U.S. dollar may weaken and Treasury yields rise when Asian markets reopen on Monday, though any selling in response to ratings agency S&P's downgrade of the United States is likely to be tempered by the escalating crisis in the euro zone.
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis gathered in the streets of Tel Aviv and other major Israeli cities on Saturday night to protest the high cost of living for the middle class, in one of the largest social rallies in Israeli history.
More than 250,000 Israelis have staged protests in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem cities over the rising cost of living, reflecting the middle-class discontent over the country's inability to address the long-pending housing needs.
Polygamist Church Leader Warren Jeffs guilty of sexually assaulting underage brides was never charged with sexually assaulting his nephew, Brent Jeffs, who testified of settlement with uncle in a lawsuit.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to stop the use of force against civilians "immediately".
Comparisons have been made between the U.S.' war in Vietnam and the ongoing Afghanistan military action. The Afghan operations have gone on for a decade now, and there is no end in sight. Every time NATO believed it had crippled the head of insurgency, the Taliban has been able to bounce back and deal a heavy blow.
Afghan insurgents shot down a U.S. transport helicopter in Wardak province early Saturday killing 30 U.S. troops, seven Afghan commandos and one civilian interpreter.
