U.S. School Plan Reexamined
Some states respond to struggling schools by lowering their expectations, but a new approach is aimed toward getting US students back in the front of the international class. Mark Strassmann reports.
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U.S. School Plan Reexamined
Some states respond to struggling schools by lowering their expectations, but a new approach is aimed toward getting US students back in the front of the international class. Mark Strassmann reports.
Iraq Ambassador: Elections a Success
CBS News’ Pamela Falk speaks with Iraq’s Ambassador to the UN, Hamid Al-Bayati, about the recent Iraqi elections, planned US troop withdrawal, and the selection of a new Prime Minister.
‘Tiger Text’ on the Scene
Shira Lazar speaks with Jeffrey Evans about his creation, Tiger Text, which allows you to delete your text message history off your phone and the receivers.
Anna Nicole story made into opera
The Royal Opera House (ROH) is to stage the world premiere of an opera about the life of former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith, who died in 2007.
The work, by composer Mark-Anthony Turnage and writer Richard Thomas, will be "a major event in the UK arts calendar" the ROH said.
Thomas was a co-creator of the controversial production Jerry Springer: The Opera.
Smith died aged 39 of an accidental prescription drug overdose in Florida.
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Chubby Brown denies assault
Comedian Roy "Chubby" Brown hit a woman in the face during a foul-mouthed dispute in a Teesside supermarket automobile park, a court heard.
The comic is stated to have hit 21-year-old Kelly Oliver after nearly colliding with her grandmother’s automobile in Middlesbrough last September.
Brown, 65 and charged under his real name Royston Vasey, denied common assault at Teesside Magistrates’ Court.
The comedian, of Northallerton, is known for his explicit sexual material.
Funky chickens have sexual-identity issues
Some chickens have sexual-identity issues, waddling around with half-male and half-female plumage.
Now researchers have figured out the cause of the gender-confusing traits: Half of their bodies are full of female sex cells, while the other half contains mostly male cells.
“This research has completely overturned what we previously thought about how sexual characteristics were determined in birds,” stated study researcher Michael Clinton of the University of Edinburgh, Roslin, in Scotland.
Midnight knitter pulls the wool over NJ shore town
WEST CAPE MAY, N.J. – Someone is spinning quite a yarn over one New Jersey shore town.
An unknown person dubbed The Midnight Knitter by West Cape May residents is covering tree branches and lamp poles with tiny sweaters under cover of darkness.
Mayor Pam Kaithern states police are looking into the guerrilla needlework, which technically is against the law because it is being done on public property without permission.
Stop TV networks’ blackouts, providers beg the FCC
The most recent showdown left millions of Cablevision Systems Corp. customers around New York without an ABC station at the begin of the Academy Awards.
About 15 minutes into the show, a scrolling announcement told viewers that a tentative agreement had been reached.
As advertising revenue has weakened, TV networks have begun to demand cash for their over-the-air programs rather than some of the advertising swaps that have been acceptable in the past.
Stop TV networks’ blackouts, providers beg the FCC
The most recent showdown left millions of Cablevision Systems Corp. customers around New York without an ABC station at the begin of the Academy Awards.
About 15 minutes into the show, a scrolling announcement told viewers that a tentative agreement had been reached.
As advertising revenue has weakened, TV networks have begun to demand cash for their over-the-air programs rather than some of the advertising swaps that have been acceptable in the past.