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What Makes a High School Great? Gold stars: The answer depends on the school, and the student. With its annual list, NEWSWEEK honors top schools that help regular kids succeed in college. By Barbara Kantrowitz and Pat Wingert Newsweek May 8, 2006 issue - If you want to understand what's...

Bodman sees up to three years of fuel pain Energy secretary says oil companies ‘have lost control of the market’ Gasoline prices have soared an average of 60 cents a gallon in less than a month because suppliers are unable to keep up with demand, a situation that could persist up to three more...

Crocodile comes out on top after fight with saw Chainsaw unusable after being attacked by 14.5-foot saltwater crocodile SYDNEY, Australia - A 14.5-foot crocodile mauled a chainsaw a worker was using Friday to clear up debris left by a tropical storm that lashed northern Australia. While the...

Eatery fined for ‘cruel’ display of lobsters on ice No word on whether cooking and eating them is considered humane ROME - An Italian restaurant was fined 688 euros ($855) for displaying live lobsters on ice to attract patrons, in an innovative application of an anti-cruelty law usually...

World Trade Center rebuild clears final hurdle Port Authority reaches agreement with developer for Freedom Tower NEW YORK - The rebuilding of New York’s World Trade Center cleared its last major hurdle on Wednesday, setting up construction of the Freedom Tower and other high rises where the...

U.K. crackdown on wild bachelor parties abroad Britons to be charged for seeking government's help when things go wrong LONDON - The Foreign Office is planning to crack down on the “appalling” behavior of some British bachelor party tourists abroad, according to a report on Thursday. It plans...

Third-grader takes teacher’s van for joyride 8-year-old snatches keys from purse, drives minivan home without incident MODESTO, Calif. - An 8-year-old boy swiped his teacher's car keys and took her minivan for a joyride, cruising safely home and into the record books as the city's youngest auto...

‘Hunter’ bags Rufus the turkey in parking lot Unofficial Idaho restaurant greeter puts up fight, but scavenging days over CULDESAC, Idaho - For six months, Rufus the wild turkey beguiled area residents and served as unofficial greeter, pet and tourist attraction at the Jacques Spur Junction...

Retiree flushes wads of cash down toilet Man mistakenly thought German mark notes were worthless in euro age BERLIN - A retiree in northern Germany flushed some 30,000 marks (euro15,300, US$18,900) down the toilet, believing the old bank notes were worthless, police said. Officials were...

Hanna Semenenko, 78 Resident of Chernobyl zone village, Ilyintsk Evacuated to Yahotin, 160km away, but went back Oh God, how they tricked us! They said they were taking us away for three days and they took us to the end of the earth. We handed over everything to the authorities, cows, calves...

Australia is doubling the number of troops it is sending to the Solomon Islands following riots in protest over the new Prime Minister Snyder Rini. Australian PM John Howard said a further 110 soldiers would leave on Friday at the request of commanders of the peacekeeping force deployed there...

Nepal's embattled king vows power to be 'returned to the people.

:lol: :lol: Beware the door-to-door free breast exam guy 76-year-old Florida man arrested after two women take him up on the offer MIAMI - A 76-year-old man claiming to be a doctor went door-to-door in a Florida neighborhood offering free breast exams and was charged with sexually assaulting...

Report: Americans fleeing nation's big cities People moving further from metropolitan areas in search of cheaper homes WASHINGTON - Americans are leaving the nation’s big cities in search of cheaper homes and open spaces farther out. Nearly every large metropolitan area had more people move...

101-pound man eats 6,500 calories a day Stomach condition keeps 22-year-old from putting on weight IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - A 5-foot-9, 22-year-old man who eats 6,500 calories a day — two and a half times the average intake for an adult male — has earned a special reward for breaking the 100-pound...

AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan accused Hamas activists of smuggling missiles and other weapons into the kingdom and said Tuesday it was canceling a planned visit of the Palestinian foreign minister — the second diplomatic snub for the Hamas-led government in a week. Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud...

By James Bone China and Russia last night thwarted a year-long diplomatic drive by Britain to impose United Nations sanctions on the perpetrators in of the violence in the Darfur province of Sudan. The two powers, joined by Qatar, used their position on a UN sanctions committee to block the...

Monday April 10, 2006 10:01 PM AP Photo XJD107 By EMMANUEL CAMILLO Associated Press Writer MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) - African leaders launched a campaign to get every child in school by 2015, and Britain responded Monday by pledging $15 billion in education aid to developing countries over...

Pamela Fayerman, CanWest News Service; Vancouver Sun Published: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 VANCOUVER -- Men in British Columbia now lead the world in male life expectancy at a ripe old 79.2 years of age, eclipsing even long-lived Japanese men, who have enjoyed the distinction for decades. B.C...

April 17, 2006 17:59 IST In a move to eliminate child labour, 80,000 working children will be integrated with mainstream education by 2007 under an Indo-US project. The three-year-long INDUS project, launched in February, 2004, as a follow-up of a joint statement on 'Enhanced Indo-US...