When hard times reached the Schneider household in central Oregon, longtime stay-at-home mom Colleen Schneider took action - getting a job at Subway to offset a drop in her husband's earnings. What she didn't do was also notable: She didn't stop home schooling her three teenage children. ...more

March 8, 2009

Using the theme "Ain't This a Great Country," retired Army Gen. Tommy Franks called upon about 400 charter high school students, faculty members and guests to learn daily and strive for their best. ...more

December 10, 2008

Using the theme "Ain't This a Great Country," retired Army Gen. Tommy Franks called upon about 400 charter high school students, faculty members and guests to learn daily and strive for their best. ...more

December 10, 2008

I've been thinking a lot lately about Tom Brokaw's book "The Greatest Generation," that classic about our parents and their incredible sacrifices during World War II. ...more

December 10, 2008

Using the theme "Ain't This a Great Country," retired Army Gen. Tommy Franks called upon about 400 charter high school students, faculty members and guests to learn daily and strive for their best. ...more

December 3, 2008

With University of South Florida freshman forward Gus Gilchrist not having to sit out the mandatory one year after transferring from Maryland, Terps senior associate AD Kathy Worthington believes this could open the door for other players to shop around to get playing time. ...more

November 6, 2008

Authorities say a man arrested near Barack Obama's Chicago home told police officers he wanted to speak with the presidential hopeful about getting a job. ...more

September 25, 2008

The government is more than quadrupling monthly payments to some veterans suffering brain injuries, as the number of such war wounds mounts from the roadside bombings of Iraq and Afghanistan. ...more

September 24, 2008

Walk On By This is a rebuttal to the letter entitled "Teaching Children to Beg." ...more

August 12, 2008

"The Last Lecture" (Hyperion, $21.95), a best seller written by a professor dying of pancreatic cancer and a Wall Street Journal writer, is the perfect example of how the Internet is changing publishing and what people read. ...more

June 1, 2008