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A Boston high school makes college acceptance a prerequisite to graduation. The school aims to offer inner-city students the same opportunities that their affluent counterparts get at private schools or in suburban districts.

When Steve Kraft returned to work after serving in Iraq, he had trouble concentrating. He didn't immediately realize it, but it was a symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder. Now unemployed due to a corporate reorganization, Kraft is once again looking for work.

San Diego Gas and Electric wants to build a transmission project that would stretch 150 miles from the Imperial Valley to San Diego. People for and against the Sunrise Powerlink project filed briefs w

The detention order against Pakistan's opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's was lifted Friday. The Guardian newspaper's Declan Walsh discusses what she observed standing outside the compound where Bhutto had been barricaded.

FEMA tells workers to stay out of thousands of its stored travel trailers, amid concerns about exposure to hazardous fumes. A spokeswoman says formaldehyde emission levels rise when the trailers are closed in heat and humidity without ventilation.

Retired federal judge Michael Mukasey is now the nation's 81st attorney general, filling a vacancy left when Alberto Gonzales resigned amid questions about his credibility. A bitterly divided Senate voted 53-to-40 to confirm Michael Mukasey late Thursday night.

Police in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad detain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, preventing her from leading a protest march against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's imposition of the state of emergency. There are also reports that thousands of Bhutto supporters have been rounded up.

Pakistani-born novelist Mohsin Hamid says at first he was disappointed that Musharraf and his opponents couldn't work out a compromise. But as he received e-mails about the extent of the crackdown, he became convinced that compromise with a dictator only perpetuates the dictatorship.

The government of Georgia imposed a state of emergency in its capital, Tbilisi, on Wednesday after several days of anti-government protests. Opposition leaders say they want early elections to end a corrupt and authoritarian regime.

What kind of impact will the War in Iraq have on the future of the Middle East? What's at the root of the conflict between Shiites and Sunni Muslims? We speak to Anthony Shadid from the Washington Pos