- 13-Year-Old Prodigy Cries Discrimination After University Denied Him Ecology Class
He may be young but Colin Carlson is no stranger to discrimination. At 12, Carlson was turned away from his dream school, Connecticut College, amid concerns that he was too young for a dormitory, even though he agreed to live off campus with his mother. Now, more than a year later, 13-year-old Carlson said he has faced trouble again because the University of Connecticut barred his entry into an African field ecology class that required a three-week trip to South Africa. - States May Hold Onto Tax Refunds for Months
Residents eager to get their state tax refunds may have a long wait this year: The recession has tied up cash and caused officials in half a dozen states to consider freezing refunds, in one case for as long as five months. - WATCH: View Fires Back at OReilly Factor
The View disagrees with a body language expert who examined their behavior. - WATCH: Emerils Cheap and Delicious Dishes
Emeril Lagasse prepares creamy white beans with sausage and pork chops. - Next Movie Trading Mogul: Kid Next Door?
Teens across the country have been exposed to the idea of film-based financial markets through the Hollywood Stock Exchange, a 14-year-old virtual entertainment market. With two new real movie markets poised to launch this year, will teenagers decide to try the real thing?
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- Health Care Bill: Obama Delays Trip as Dems Wrangle Votes
Speaking volumes about how Democrats lack the votes to pass health care overhaul legislation, President Obama has decided to delay next weeks trip to Indonesia and Australia. - Career Ender: Win Silver Star, Still Get Reprimanded Over Afghan Attack
Three Army officers have received letters of reprimand for failing to prepare adequate defenses for a combat outpost in Wanat, Afghanistan, where a mass Taliban attack in July 2008 resulted in the deaths of nine soldiers and 27 people wounded, a Defense Department official confirmed to ABC News. - Girl With Paranoid Schizophrenia Has Urges to Kill Her Mother
Rebecca Stancil often seems like a typical 9-year-old girl, playing a sweet childs game of rock, paper, scissors with friends and attending pool parties in her Simi Valley, Calif., neighborhood. But at her darkest moments, shell deliver a chilling discourse on how to acquire a power tool to kill her mother, who has at times had to lock herself in her bedroom to protect herself from her own daughter. In December 2008, after attempting suicide, Rebecca was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disorder. - Coming Back? Tiger Likely to Play at Masters
Tiger Woods is likely to make his return to golf during the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, next month, sources say, but they insist Woods has not made his final decision yet. - Dead Toddlers Identity Stolen for Tax Return
Jessica Struthers and Matt Bock have been forced to prove their deceased daughter was really theirs after someone else stole her identity and claimed her on a tax return. - Health Care Bill: Obama Delays Trip as Dems Wrangle Votes
Speaking volumes about how Democrats lack the votes to pass health care overhaul legislation, President Obama has decided to delay next weeks trip to Indonesia and Australia. - Judge to Hear Plan to Pay $657M to WTC Responders
Judge to hear plan to pay $657M to WTC rescuers, recovery workers who sued over 9/11 illnesses - 13-Year-Old Prodigy Cries Discrimination After University Denied Him Ecology Class
He may be young but Colin Carlson is no stranger to discrimination. At 12, Carlson was turned away from his dream school, Connecticut College, amid concerns that he was too young for a dormitory, even though he agreed to live off campus with his mother. Now, more than a year later, 13-year-old Carlson said he has faced trouble again because the University of Connecticut barred his entry into an African field ecology class that required a three-week trip to South Africa. - Senates $149 Billion Jobs Bill: Good For You?
President Barack Obama says the bill will help small businesses and jobless workers. - Exclusive: Jihad Janes Ex-Husband Says She Was a Good Person
The former husband of Colleen LaRose, the Pennsylvania woman who has been arrested for allegedly plotting with Islamic radicals to kill a Swedish cartoonist, said LaRose used to carry a Bible and attended church regularly. He doesnt understand how her life could have changed so much. - Experts Say US Doctors Overtesting, Overtreating
Less is more: Rash of reports says too many Americans get too many medical tests despite risks - Advertisement:
- Senates $149 Billion Jobs Bill: Good For You?
President Barack Obama says the bill will help small businesses and jobless workers. - Gay Teen Files Lawsuit Over Canceled Prom
Openly gay Mississippi high school senior Constance McMillen has filed a lawsuit with the help of the local ACLU chapter after her school canceled prom for all students following her request to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. - Friend: Suspected US Al-Qaida Member Grew Radical
Suspected al-Qaida member to friend: Get the hell away from me, you Muslim killer - Dead Toddlers Identity Stolen for Tax Return
Jessica Struthers and Matt Bock have been forced to prove their deceased daughter was really theirs after someone else stole her identity and claimed her on a tax return. - Brew-Haha Frothing Over After Philly Bar Raids
Beer lovers frothing over after police seize unlicensed beers in raids on 3 Philly bars - N.Y. May Pay $657M for 9/11 Health Claims
City agrees to payments to settle health lawsuits filed by Ground Zero workers. - Twisters, Flood Threat: Easts Last Winter Jolt?
After four tornadoes in Arkansas, a front is sweeping from the Midwest toward the Northeast today, bringing tornado watches in Florida, 7 inches of rain in parts of Alabama, and the threat of flooding in New York, Pennsylvania and New England this weekend. Heavy rain and mild temperatures, forecasters say, could combine to melt much of the snow that hit the eastern U.S. this winter. - WATCH: Driving Deaths Hit All-Time Low
Motor vehicle accident deaths are at the lowest point since 1954.