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• One-Third Of High School Sophomores Fail Ohio Test
I'm not alarmed, but I am concerned if scores are going down slightly," said State Board of Education member John Bender of Avon. Consultants last year recommended that the state phase out the graduation test in favor of one that better gauges whether ...
• War Zone Diary 2008
Well, I’m hearing lots of anti-aircraft fire around me. It’s been the most intense so far. March 21, 2003 9:00 PM EST    “Shock and Awe
• Like, omigod, MTV show seeks new Elle Woods
The Search for Elle Woods" began on MTV in June (Mondays 10 p.m ET) with the 10 finalists tearfully winnowed down in succeeding weeks. Goodbye pretty Lindsey, ambitious Cassie S., hip Celina and savvy Emma, among others.
• How's 'Hancock' stack up among movie twists?
But M. Night Shyamalan kept him alive by killing him off in the opening moments of "The Sixth Sense" but concealing that fact so completely that movie-goers were shocked into seeing the flick again and again after they learned he was a ghost.
• Afghan officials: U.S. missiles killed 27 civilians
Lal Wazir, an Afghan who helped bring the wounded to the hospital, said the airstrike occurred at 6:30 a.m. "The wedding participants were on their way to the groom's house," Wazir said outside the hospital, his tunic covered in blood after carrying ...