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New starting QBs abound in SEC this season
Steve Spurrier is hoping Tommy Beecher can shut South Carolina's revolving door at quarterback. Auburn's Tommy Tuberville isn't used to having a full-fledged quarterback battle going into August.
Math study finds girls are just as good as boys
Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, "Math class is tough!" girls are proving that when it comes to math they are just as tough as boys. In the largest study of its kind, girls measured up to boys in every grade, from second through 11th. The research was released Thursday in the journal Science.
Walcott wins journalism medal for Iraq coverage
McClatchy's Washington bureau chief has won the Nieman Foundation's first I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence for pre-Iraq war coverage.
Tebow, LSU headline SEC media days
The superstar quarterback and the reigning national championship team desperately seeking one - any reasonable facsimile will do, really - share the spotlight to start Southeastern Conference media days.  Court school kids act out their experiences via performanceMost parents shudder to think of their kids acting out. But just the opposite was true for 12 students at the Principal Center Collaborative Campus, a San Francisco Unified School District court school that provides support to youths during their juvenile-probation terms. They were encouraged to act out their personal experiences using the arts as a framework. Today, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory, 1519 Mission St., in San Francisco, they’ll share their conclusions through hip-hop, spoken-word and theater performances.
Superintendent under fire for comments about district
The rapid spread of an e-mail across Montgomery County this week prompted outrage among parents who opened it to learn that school Superintendent Jerry Weast refers to his district as “the cream of the crap.”
Twin Oaks commune founder dies
Kathleen "Kat" Kinkade, one of the founders of the rural Twin Oaks commune, has died.
Teacher gets probation for taping student's mouth
A McHenry County judge has sentenced a former substitute teacher to two years probation, 80 hours of community service and a $1,500 fine after his conviction on charges he taped a special education student's mouth shut.
Study: Ocean floor might store greenhouse gas
Scientists say a partial solution to global warming may lie beneath the seafloor off the coasts of Washington and Oregon.
Study of ‘sluggish’ gene provides clues into genetics behind autism
Six-year-old Jonathan Lewicky wasn’t able to follow simple directions or pick out the red item before he started intensive drills.
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