Associated PressHomeFlorence Mars, Civil Rights Author, Dies at 84Florence Mars, whose book about the 1964 slayings of three civil rights workers won praise from many but made her the target of the Ku Klux Klan, has died, a relative said Monday. She was 84…April 24, 2006SportsHarvard Sophomore Accused of Plagiarism in Debut NovelThe publisher of a 19-year-old Harvard University sophomore’s debut novel is investigating the work because it includes several passages that are similar to a book by another author published in 2001….April 24, 2006Native AmericansChippewa Tribe Seeks to Curb Drug Epidemic By Testing at North Dakota Community CollegeOfficials of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa are taking steps to address what they say is an epidemic drug problem on the northern North Dakota reservation…April 23, 2006HomeSome Displaced Voters Have Say, But Legal Fight Expected for Those Who Didn’tTheir journey began at the church where the Rev. Martin Luther King once preached, and it ended at polling places in the shattered city where they once lived…April 23, 2006HomeChina Allows Yale to Invest in Domestic MarketsThe Chinese government has authorized Yale University to trade domestic stocks and bonds, making it the first foreign university granted access to the country’s tightly restricted securities market…April 20, 2006Leadership & PolicyCommunity College Instructor Apologizes for Racially Insensitive Question Regarding Condoleezza RiceA community college math instructor has apologized for a test question apparently involving U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that students complained was racially insensitive…April 20, 2006SportsFired Grambling Employees Fire Back With LawsuitSeveral former Grambling State University employees, including a fired athletic director, have filed a suit alleging wrongful and illegal termination…April 19, 2006HomeMichigan Supreme Court Won’t HearThis November, Michigan voters will consider a proposal to ban some affirmative action programs after the state Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal that sought to keep this issue off of the ballot…April 19, 2006HomeNo Child-Loophole: Nearly Two Million Scores UncountedLaquanya Agnew and Victoria Duncan share a desk, a love of reading and a passion for learning. But because of a loophole in the No Child Left Behind Act…April 18, 2006Leadership & PolicyRegents Vote to Fire Texas HBCU PresidentTexas Southern University regents voted Monday to fire school president Priscilla Slade after a two-month investigation into her spending habits, officials said…April 18, 2006Previous PagePage 517 of 569Next Page