Pay gap between college grads and everyone else at a record
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER Americans with no more than a high school diploma have fallen so far behind college graduates in their economic lives that the earnings gap between college…
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Survivors of tornado that leveled Missouri city look back
By JIM SUHR A sky-darkening storm was working its way into southwest Missouri around dinnertime on a Sunday evening, zeroing in on the city of Joplin. Will Norton was among…
West Point launches inquiry into cadets’ fists-raised photo
By JENNIFER PELTZ The U.S. Military Academy has launched an inquiry into a photo showing 16 black, female cadets in uniform with their fists raised, an image that has spurred…
FOR SEN. WARREN, A FOCUS ON KITCHEN TABLE FINANCES
By STEVE LeBLANC In this July 17, 2013 file photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, talks with President Barack Obama following a statement with Richard Cordray, the new director of…
FIXED RATES ARE LATEST IN COLLEGE TUITION PLANS
By M.L. JOHNSON This photo taken Nov. 26, 2013 shows Jane Mahoney standing at a counter in the KU Bookstore on the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence, Kansas. About…
TEXAS RETHINKING ITS TESTING, CURRICULUM STANDARDS
By WILL WEISSERT Socar Chatmon-Thomas, center, stands with her daughters Isabella, left, and Guinevere, right, outside their school in Austin, Texas on Monday, April 8, 2013. Texas has been a…