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At a one-room school in the Colombian Andes, students learn <em>convivencia </em>-- which means, more or less, the art of living together.

The One-Room Schoolhouse That's A Model For The World

Escuela Nueva (New School) isn't really new. But it is being praised as a kind of cutting-edge model that can teach the skills needed for jobs that robots can't do.

Inside the Capitol, lawmakers are battling over health care and the budget. Outside, many government services may come to a stop at midnight.

Are You Ready For Some Shutdown? Here's Monday's Schedule

We probably don't need to tell you that it's almost certain there will be a partial shutdown of the federal government just after midnight Monday.

First Satellite Developed By High Schoolers Sent Into Space

The first satellite ever developed by high school students to make it to space is believed to be orbiting Earth after getting a ride aboard a U.S. military rocket Tuesday night from Wallops Island, Va.

Greg Fedderly as Bob Boles (centre) with the San Diego Opera chorus in 'Peter Grimes'. Photo © 2009 Ken Howard

San Diego Opera Receives $1M Gift To Explore Future

The San Diego Opera, set to shut down at the end of April, received the gift from board member Carol Lazier "to encourage us to rescind the dissolution vote as soon as possible."

Martin Luther King Day Events And Closures Around San Diego

The late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be remembered in San Diego County with several community events, but many government offices will be closed Monday in observance of MLK Day.

Percussionist Bobbye Hall Is A Liner-Note Legend

Hall has played with everyone from Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson to Pink Floyd and Bob Dylan. She grew up in Detroit in the '60s, and was sitting in on Motown sessions before she could drive.

"In the metal community, there's a fascination with the tangible aspect of things," says Albert Mudrian, editor of metal magazine <em>Decibel.</em>

It's Thin, It's Plastic, It's Back: Flexi Discs Find New Fans

In the '60s, the cheap music format was stocked in vending machines and embossed on cereal boxes. Now, magazines like Decibel and bands like Deerhoof are reviving the once-dead flexi disc.

A bomb blast, and explosions that followed, killed more than 70 people and injured more than 120 on Monday near Nigeria's capital, Abuja. Early speculation is that the attack was the work of the Boko Haram extremist group.

Dozens Dead, Scores Injured After Bomb Blast In Nigeria

The explosion at a bus station near Abuja is thought to be the latest in a string of such attacks by the extreme Islamist group Boko Haram. More than 70 people were killed. More than 120 were injured.

The Amazing Mr. 'Please, Please, Please' Himself: James Brown

With a new biopic in theaters this weekend, Ozy.com's Eugene S. Robinson revisits one of the greatest routines of the "Godfather of Soul."

Armed men in unmarked military uniforms — who witnesses believe are Russian troops, but who Russian leaders say are "local self-defense" forces — stand outside the territory of a Ukrainian military unit in the Crimean village of Perevalnoye.

Push Is On To Get Russia To Take The 'Off-Ramp'

As the tense standoff continues on the Crimean Peninsula, the focus of efforts to end the crisis peacefully shifts to Paris.

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