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NPR reporters visited the Milan Olympic Village in the days before the opening ceremony to investigate the dining hall dessert situation and other pressing questions.

Tennessee is among three states receiving high marks for their teacher policies. The National Council on Teacher Quality graded all 50 states and the…

Federal forces say that Chechen rebels must release a group of hostages before they will be permitted to cross the frontier from the republic of Dagestan into Chechnya.

Amal Jaya Singhe about a powerful bomb explosion in downtown Colombo, Sri Lanka. Thousands of people were injured, and over fifty people were killed.

has removed the Bronx Distract Attorney after he refused to give an explicit guarantee he would seek the death penalty for the killer of a policeman shot dead this week.

Despite finishing behind Dole, Buchanan remains enthusiastic about his candidacy, and has promised supporters that he isn't about to give up.

that authorities have arrested suspects in connection with recent fires at two black churches. They say one of the fires appears to have been racially motivated, while the other was not.

on the small but growing network of reformers who want to change the laws for campaign financing on the state and local level. Legislatures in some 20 states are being asked to make the changes.

has fired three top officials including chief bodyguard and confidante, Alexander Korzhakov. The three are suspected of trying to block the second round of Presidential voting.

to make private pensions safer and more available to working Americans. The proposal comes just a day after a rather similar Republican proposal to bolster pensions.