September 1, 2010

The value-added formula to evaluate teachers is gaining acceptance, and critics, across America.

The export growth is propelled by higher prices for many products, including wheat, whose prices have skyrocketed as drought and heat decimated crops in Russia.

The new battleground for stations is the morning, with news broadcasts going on air at 4:30 a.m. or earlier.

The group examining the causes of the financial crisis hopes to produce a report by Dec. 15 that will influence future policies, but squabbles and turnover are hampering its efforts.

The organization and leadership of the miners will be essential to their rescue, officials said.