When US News & World Report debuted its list of best colleges, it hoped the rankings would be a game-changer for students and families. But arguably, they've had a much bigger effect on colleges themselves.
Israel is right to be concerned about Iran's push to join the league of nations that possess nuclear weapons, but diplomacy - not military intervention - remains the "preferred solution" to averting a potential arms race in the Middle East, President Barack Obama said Sunday.
James Koenig has pleaded for the safe return of his 18-year-old daughter Samantha, who police say was abducted from the Alaska coffee bar where she worked.
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Storm chaser Andy Gabrielson survived the hunt for tornadoes for more than 10 years, but driving home after two days of chasing storms, he was hit by a wrong-way driver.
Florida's poor can use food stamps to buy staples like vegetables and meat. But they can also use them to buy sweets and snack foods like chips, something a state senator wants stopped.
Three more names were added to a growing list of students in a N.Y. state school who are experiencing mysterious tics and twitching, while authorities sought to assure parents the school is safe.
A couple and their adult son were found injured but alive Saturday in Southern Oregon, six days after they disappeared from their campsite to go mushroom picking.
The labels used to describe Americans of African descent mark the movement of a people from the slave house to the White House. Today, many are resisting this progression by holding on to a name from the past: "black."
The dismal turnout for the Nevada Republican caucus had some GOP leaders and lawmakers on Sunday considering replacing the system with a presidential primary election.The idea was discussed by Washoe County GOP officials Saturday night after just 6,700 Republicans attended the county caucuses, although the party was expecting about 17,000. Caucus ... (more)
Mitt Romney won a commanding victory Saturday in Nevada's GOP Caucus, with hundreds of supporters turning out at Galena High School in south Reno to make the case for the former Massachusetts governor.
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There are more than worms and rocks and roots in the ground a few feet below your rose bushes and... A house burns just south of the Old 395 Gas Station on Jan.
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There are more than worms and rocks and roots in the ground a few feet below your rose bushes and... A 61-year-old Fairfield Calif., woman died in a rollover crash Friday night on Interstate 80 west of Reno, while her husband escaped harm, the Nevada Highway Patrol reported.
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There are more than worms and rocks and roots in the ground a few feet below your rose bushes and... Cameron Muhlenberg, 19, one of two men arrested by Reno police in connection to an eight-day robbery spree.
