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The test long used to demonstrate high school equivalency is getting an overhaul. Many educators agree it's time for an update, but the new GED will be much more expensive and administered only on computers. Some are worried the new exam will be out of reach for many test takers.

When Toni Walker is not in Hartford, Conn., serving as a state representative, she can usually be found at the New Haven Adult and Continuing Education Center.

The Iowa caucuses are just one week away from inaugurating the voting season of 2008. It is important for the presidential candidates of both parties to do well in the state, but for some candidates, it may be the difference between moving forward on the campaign trail or ending the race.

Hotelier and U-T San Diego owner Doug Manchester wants to buy the Tribune Company, which owns the Los Angeles Times.

Ernest Gagnon, who once weighed 570 pounds, chose an unusual way to lose weight. Instead of surgery, he decided to take up cyclocross. He lost more than 200 pounds, and now he's even racing.

Drought conditions in the Midwest are drying up the Arkansas River basin. Shrinking water levels are ravaging crops, sapping tourism and threatening drinking water supplies in the Rocky Mountains.

The Blue Angels announced the members of their 2013 team, and a San Diego-based officer made the list. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Mark DeBuse, assigned to Carrier Air Wing 9 at NAS North Island, was named Flight Surgeon for the Blue Angels.

If a UCSD professor is right, a lost painting by Leonardo da Vinci may be hidden behind a wall in Florence. While his search continues, a play at the Old Globe explores the painting’s origins. KPBS arts reporter Angela Carone says those origins involve a duel, not of swords, but of paint brushes.

The race is crucial for Hillary Clinton and John McCain. In last-minute campaigning, Clinton struggled to avoid a highly damaging second straight defeat in the Democratic presidential race. Republicans John McCain and Mitt Romney fought hard for victory in New Hampshire, where neither could afford to lose.

Tooth decay is on the rise among preschoolers. Many of them have to go to the hospital to have their cavities filled.