Schools improve certification for free lunches
WASHINGTON (AP) Schools are doing a better job of identifying students who are eligible for free or reduced-price school lunches, but some states are much better than others, the Agriculture Department says in a report to Congress. In 2008-2009, 78...
 1.8K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 89.0 Faculty at UO exploring union formation
EUGENE (AP) Concerns about low pay and a rift with administration have faculty members at the University of Oregon exploring the possibility of forming a union. The effort is still in the beginning stages with meetings on campus to discuss the idea...
3.1K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 89.0 College Picks: TCU can make its case for a BCS bid
Boise State better watch its back. TCU is trying to bust into the BCS, too. The sixth-ranked Broncos have drawn the most attention of the teams from the non-automatic BCS qualifying conferences this season. Boise State started the season with a convi...
5.2K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 89.0 College tuition is up amid recession
With the economy struggling, parents and students dared to hope this year might offer a break from rising college costs. Instead, they got another sharp increase. Average tuition at four-year public colleges in the U.S. climbed 6.5 percent, or $...
6.0K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 89.0 Suh becomes dominator for Nebraska s defense
LINCOLN, Neb. ” Rich Glover played for Nebraska almost 40 years ago, and Ndamukong Suh regrets he s never had a chance to watch film of him. Suh has heard the stories of how Glover was a one-man game-changer in the middle of Nebraska s defensi...
4.8K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 141.0 Suh becomes dominator for Nebraska s defense
LINCOLN, Neb. ” Rich Glover played for Nebraska almost 40 years ago, and Ndamukong Suh regrets he s never had a chance to watch film of him. Suh has heard the stories of how Glover was a one-man game-changer in the middle of Nebraska s defensi...
4.8K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 141.0 'Mighty Mo' goes in for preservation
HONOLULU Mike Weidenbach has walked across the historic teakwood decks and through the metal hallways of the USS Missouri countless times in the past decade. But he recently realized how massive the aging battleship is from a new perspective unde...
4.4K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 716.0 List of unbeatens will start shrinking
Almost halfway through the college football season, there are nine unbeaten teams. Because several of the schools eventually will play each other, including Cincinnati and South Florida tonight, no more than six can finish the season without a loss....
3.8K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 89.0 College Picks: Sooners get shot at redemption
An injured Heisman Trophy winner and a pair of one-point losses have made the first half of Oklahoma s season a real downer. Next up for the Sooners, a chance to turn the season around. No. 20 Oklahoma meets No. 3 Texas on Saturday in Dallas. The int...
4.0K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 89.0 New jobless claims fall as price incease rises slightly
WASHINGTON The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment insurance has fallen to the lowest level since early January, a sign the labor market is slowly improving. And consumer price pressures remained mild in September as Am...
5.6K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 89.0 Stimulus saved teachers' jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) Teachers appear to have benefited most from the effort to save jobs with the $787 billion recovery package, which sent billions of dollars to states that were on the verge of ordering heavy layoffs in education. The nationa...
5.5K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 89.0 College Picks: SEC in spotlight with big Saturday
Throughout the college football season, there will be at least a couple of weekends when the Southeastern Conference overshadows just about everything else going on around the country. This is one of those weekends. How is this for a double-header: N...
4.3K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 141.0 New jobless claims fall
WASHINGTON (AP) The number of newly laid-off workers filing first-time claims for jobless benefits fell to the lowest level since early January, as layoffs ease a bit amid a fledgling economic recovery. The fourth drop in new claims in five weeks is...
3.0K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 89.0 Congress discusses dietary supplements
WASHINGTON Jareem Gunter, a college baseball player with dreams of playing professionally, thought he had found a diamond in the rough, a safe and legal dietary supplement that would make him healthier. Instead, he told Congress on Tuesday, It g...
4.3K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 89.0 Beavers, Bearcats both seek respect
CORVALLIS Both Cincinnati and Oregon State have come a long way in the two years since they last met. The No. 17 Bearcats raised their profile in a state dominated by another program up the road with last season s 11 wins, Big East title and Orange...
4.1K - Sep. 19, 2009; scored 141.0 Cincinnati playmaker turned his life around
CINCINNATI The steel-toed Red Wing work boots stand alongside the football trophies in the entertainment center that serves as Mardy Gilyard s trophy case. He s as proud of the scruffy, size-12 footwear as anything else on display. The boots remind...
5.2K - Sep. 17, 2009; scored 89.0 Lutheran church views vary greatly
Because our school, Christ Lutheran School, has been negatively impacted in enrollment by the misunderstanding of some that Lutheran automatically includes all Lutherans, please consider that Christ Lutheran Church and School is a member of The Lut...
1.1K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 537.0 College Picks: Saturday has two big games
The Southern California-Ohio State game will have to share the spotlight Saturday with an old and storied rivalry being played just to the north that became far more interesting after the first week of the season. Before the third-ranked Trojans and ...
4.3K - Sep. 10, 2009; scored 179.0 Sports Briefs: Rookie signs with Blazers before surgery
PORTLAND The Trail Blazers signed rookie Jeff Pendergraph a day before the forward was set to have hip surgery. Terms of the deal Tuesday were not disclosed. The team says Pendergraph is scheduled for surgery today to correct a left hip impingement...
4.2K - Sep. 9, 2009; scored 141.0 BYU surges up top 25 after big victory
NEW YORK BYU jumped 11 spots to No. 9 and Alabama received two first-place votes Tuesday in the first regular-season AP Top 25. The Cougars pulled the biggest upset of the opening weekend of the college football season, beating Oklahoma 14-13 on Sa...
2.7K - Sep. 9, 2009; scored 89.0 | 
