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red for older Americans, according to a new analysis from the Consumer Bankruptcy Project, which examined a sampling of noncommercial bankruptcies filed between 1991 and 2007. The older the age group,...

Going to a good nursery school boosts a child's chances of achieving in maths at the age of 10, experts say.

Four school board members were removed for ethics violations from the Atlanta area school system - the nation's first in nearly 40 years to lose its accreditation.

Don Cheadle dishes on Brad, George and 'Traitor'

This week, the Dulwich Mum concocts a plan to fight her husband's miserly ways.

A MAN who left another brain-damaged after attacking him for bumping into his car as he walked home in Edinburgh has been jailed. Eric Wingate, 31, was punched to the ground b

D.C. officials yesterday identified 14 schools where about 2,700 middle schoolers will be eligible for up to $100 a month in cash awards for good test scores and behavior.

As we head into the Labor Day weekend, it is only fitting that we consider what may be the country's most significant contract negotiation, which happens to be going on right here in Washington between the teachers union and the District's dynamic and determined new schools chancellor, Michelle...

The government said yesterday that the salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 1,440 people appears to be over, but its ultimate source may never be known, partly because of shortcomings in the nation's food safety system.

An elderly man was killed when a floating colony of fire ants washed into his home after Tropical Storm Fay and bit him multiple times.