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Why US violent crime keeps falling

US crime rate is down: six key reasons

The crime rate fell last year across America, across all categories. Here, criminologists cite the key factors, which include better policing.

New England, a leader in creating jobs, stumbles. Should we worry?

Only four states lost jobs in April, according to the Department of Labor. All four were in New England.

More Americans on the move: why that's a good thing

More Americans moved last year than in 2008, according to the Census Bureau, suggesting that the economy is improving. But the mobility rate is still at historic lows.

Cairo's revered Al Azhar University now overshadowed by TV imams

Al Azhar’s edicts were once heeded from Morocco to Indonesia, but the Cairo institution has lost clout as TV imams are reaching larger audiences and Egypt’s President Mubarak has taken greater control. That's a problem for the regime as it braces for its biggest political transition in nearly 30 years.

Opinion: The Protestant debate over justification: Here I stand.

Ignorance about how we get right with God has weakened the church. We must reassert that we're saved by faith alone.

Fort Hood: If Nidal Malik Hasan talks, will he live?

Prosecutors could throw Fort Hood shooter, Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a lifeline in exchange for intelligence if any links to terrorist groups are confirmed.

Tapping Dumbledore's wisdom

A new campaign asks 'What would Dumbledore do?' as the latest 'Harry Potter' movie hits the screens.

Tuna’s plight is a problem the world must solve

Too many boats and technology that is too good mean that nations must cooperate to preserve tuna and other fish stocks.

Kelly Ayotte: GOP gambles with a fresh, female face in N.H.

The state's former attorney general, with her eye on a US Senate seat, is something of a political blank slate.

Antiwar activists split over Obama's Afghanistan policy

Lawmakers and others who were against the Iraq war generally support the president. But they worry about another 'quagmire.'

For kids: Look at those lemurs!

Far from Madagascar, these primates find a home in the US.

Colleges wean off fossil fuels

Alternative energy sources help power campuses across US.

Volunteer vacations devoted to animals

Americans give their spare time to help creatures great and small.

Obama pushes to redirect bailout

He aims to expand access to the remaining $350 billion in TARP funding.

A crime paper flourishes by printing mug shots

Isaac Cornetti, aka ‘Dash Dangerfield,’ finds an audience for ‘The Slammer’ in North Carolina – a publication that some think provides a public service but others call an unethical crime rag.

Obama’s emerging foreign policy team faces a troubled world

The goal is continuity in international relationships with a clear break from Bush’s approach.

Wall Street’s turmoil tests McCain

Obama goes on the attack with a new ad, while the GOP candidate calls for an investigation.

Pride of Carthage

Storied college basketball rivalry tilts to Tar Heels – for now

The campuses of North Carolina and Duke University are eight miles apart. But the competition between the two is much closer, even if Tyler Hansbrough's team has surged ahead of late.

Displaced by March Madness

Boyfriends will just have to be patient while female basketball fans take time for what's really important: watching the games.

Amid loan worries, a silver lining for students

Almost half of college students fail to collect all of the federal loans – fixed at 6.8 percent – that they are eligible to receive.