The NCAA has unveiled a complicated “academic progress” formula in an attempt to tighten academic standards and increase the graduation rate of student-athletes. But the new system unfairly punishes teams for the actions of individuals and ignores important factors which may skew the analysis. Read more...

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Two doctors resign from King/Drew Medical Center Two doctors mentioned in a series of newspaper articles detailing problems at Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center have left the hospital. Read more...

After being freed from her Iraqi captors, Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena was shot by U.S. troops in an incident that highlights the horrible repercussions of the war in Iraq and raises questions about the training and accountability of U.S. Read more...

Lebanon is poised to become one of the few functioning democracies in the Middle East ““ but it will only be successful if Syria removes both its troops and secret agents who have dominated Lebanon for decades. Read more...

Wireless Internet access has revolutionized the way people compute. Just a few years ago, most laptops were tethered to an ethernet cable. Now, it’s easy to be mobile and stay connected. Read more...

A legally enforceable order to clean up environmental contamination at the University of California-managed Los Alamos National Laboratory was signed last week after nearly two years of negotiations. Read more...