LONGXIAN, China (L.A. Times) - They are the Charlie's Angels of rural China. When the weather is nice, they daydream about pink lipstick and pretty things to wear. When the weather turns nasty, they snap...

A depreciating dollar and slumping economy have left students interested in studying abroad with some tough choices. The euro is up more than 15 percent on the dollar over the past two years, which means...

WBy Kathryn Bangs The GW Hatchet George Washington University ASHINGTON (U-WIRE) - Overweight Americans might already blame fast food meals for their size, but after a George Washington University professor...

SEOUL, South Korea (Washington Post) - This should be the golden year for Kim Dae-jung, insist those who remain loyal. His final year as the president of South Korea, they say, ought to be filled with...

KABUL, Afghanistan (L.A. Times) - Twelve months ago, when she heard that terrorists had slammed planes into the World Trade Center, Jamila Omar had no idea that her own world, thousands of miles away,...

WBy James Gibby The Lariat Baylor University ACO, Texas (U-WIRE) - Sometimes the human brain can work too well and the results can be less than desirable. Dr. Brad Keele in the psychology department at...

CBy Rosalio Ahumada The Orion California State University at Chico HICO, Calif. (U-WIRE) - To help address homeland security issues, the California State University system will use a new software program...

FBy Amber Hutchinson Arkansas Traveler University of Arkansas AYETTEVILLE, Ark. (U-WIRE) - A huge slice of America has changed, not withstanding tighter background checks and visa restrictions for international...

WASHINGTON (Washington Post) - As assistant secretary of the Navy during World War I, Franklin Roosevelt consented to the construction of massively ugly military office buildings on Washington's Mall. Decades...

NEW YORK (Washington Post) - Life has returned to the World Financial Center. Merrill Lynch is back, its building no longer a gouged wreck. Staffers of American Express and the Wall Street Journal fill...