Seven years after President Bush's No Child Left Behind Act was signed into law, the academic gap among students of different races and incomes persists.

How walkable is the neighborhood where you live? Here are three examples that were calculated by visiting walkscore.com: If you live in west Hazel Dell, midway between Jason Lee Middle School and Lakeshore ...

George Kaufer, president of Vancouver FISH, loads ramen noodles into his truck. FISH was among the groups to whom a local woman gave two-thirds of her winnings in a Save-a-Lot grocery contest.