A new report card

[11/18/05] Schools given option to return to old report cards

[11/3/05] Teacher's Union wants to return to old report card

[10/16/05] Elementary schools will no longer use A's, B's and C's.

[10/1/05] When the state begins issuing new standards-based report cards for elementary schools next month, it will spell the end of that familiar grade scale and signal a new era featuring its odd-sounding successors ME, MP, N and U.

Remembering Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks was no politician, but in an amazingly simple act of defiance, she gave extraordinary strength to the civil rights movement.

It is no exaggeration for me to say that I think of Rosa Parks every day, at least, every day that I ride the bus.

A lot of myths surrounded the life of Rosa Parks.

While millions view Parks as the mother of the Civil Rights Movement, it is a designation she repeatedly disclaimed, citing that she was only doing what she thought was her right.

Pakistan hit by earthquake

Rescue workers pulled survivors from rubble and uncovered bodies from debris as darkness fell in Islamabad and elsewhere, a day after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake caused devastation across South Asia. Nearly 20,000 people were estimated killed in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan as a result of Saturday's quake.

The New Nickel

After nearly 100 years of depicting presidents in somber profiles on the nation's coins, the Mint is trying something different: The new nickel features President Jefferson, facing forward, with the hint of a smile.

[1/12/06] Coming soon to a cash register near you — a smiling Thomas Jefferson looking straight at you from a new nickel that will end nearly a century of tradition for U.S. coins.

New $10 Bill

A redesigned $10 bill with new background colors meant to thwart counterfeiters was unveiled Wednesday at a ceremony on Ellis Island in New York Harbor. The new $10 bill follows the introduction of new $20 and $50 bills in each of the last two years.

Irish Republic Army declares end to violence against Britain

[9/25/05] The Irish Republican Army has given up its entire arsenal of weapons, demonstrating that its 35-year campaign to overthrow Northern Ireland by force is really over, the Canadian general who supervised the tortuous process said.

[8/1/05] The Irish Republican Army declared an end on Thursday to a 36 year campaign of violence against Britain that was aimed at unifying Northern Ireland with the Irish Republic.

Hurricane Katrina

Thousands trying to flee New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina

Israel pulls out of Gaza Strip

Israeli soldiers on Monday removed the last inhabitants from the settlement of Netzarim, the final settlement slated for evacuation, marking the end of 38 years of Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip.

In the Palestinian neighborhoods close to Dugit, residents watch the bulldozers work, and find it hard to believe that Jewish homes are being destroyed this time.

Walgreens in talks for first Hawai'i store

Walgreens, the nation's biggest-selling drug store chain, has set its sights on Hawai'i in an expansion plan that would deliver more consumer shopping options and could threaten the dominance of what many kama'aina regard as a local sales institution, Longs Drug Stores.

Walgreens, a behemoth with more than 10 times as many stores as Longs, is negotiating with the owner of Pearl Kai Shopping Center to build a store with a drive-through pharmacy as part of an effort to establish at least two or three stores in Honolulu, the owner of Pearl Kai said.

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Peter Jennings

The longtime anchor of ABC "World News Tonight" died Sunday, some four months after he announced on the air that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer.

Court rules against Kamehameha admissions policy

A federal appeals court today struck down the Kamehameha Schools' century-old Hawaiian preference admissions policy, saying it violates federal anti-discrimination law.

The American Sheik

Officially, he's Army Staff Sgt. Dale L. Horn, but to residents of the 37 villages and towns that he patrols, he's known as the American sheik.

"He has developed a great relationship with local leaders," said Lt. Col. Bradley Becker, who commands the 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment. "They love him. They're not going to let anyone shoot at Sheik Horn."

Michael Jackson is innocent

Well, at least he was found not guilty anyway.

Global Poverty

Global poverty can be cut in half by 2015 and eliminated by 2025 if the world's richest countries -- including the US, Japan and Germany -- more than double aid to the poorest countries, according to a UN-sponsored report.

Iraqi elections

Iraq votes amid violence

Johnny Carson

Johnny Carson passes away at 79