Many teenage kids regard school as the functional equivalent of prison—where they are forced to endure oppressive rules, bad food, and unpleasant company. For them, Barack Obama has a message: There will be no parole. In his State of the Union address, t

How much of the hundreds of dollars I pay to the Omaha Public Power District every month goes to the Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant, which has been sitting idle since April? A Jan. 9 news story reported that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will meet

"Jobs, jobs, jobs" is the Governor's mantra, the take-away from his State of the State. And who can blame him? New York, like the rest of the nation, is hurting, and pain relief is a must -- especially for a state CEO with presidential aspirations. Road

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Nine states will receive Race To The Top Early Learning grants, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced Friday. The states -- California, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minne

If the Office of Early Learning goes forward, it's likely to be administered within the Department of Education and headed by Dr. Jacqueline Jones, a point person for Race to the Top–Early Learning Challenge, and a former assistant commissioner of early