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How do families decide what kind of college to attend: Private? Public? Community college? Three college students explain why they went for the expensive, private option: Columbia, NYU and Georgetown.

A new report emphasizes significant progress in cutting the number of deaths of children before age 5. But in some parts of the world, the rate is still depressingly high.

It happens every time, when gas prices approach $4 a gallon, people change their habits. One of those habits could be putting fewer gallons in the tank.…

The Greater Columbus Sports Commission says it will spend up to $75,000 on a digital billboard campaign. The ads are designed to boost home attendance at…

Natural disasters this year have caused billions of dollars in property damage. The totals exceed typical annual estimates made by the insurance industry.…

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of death and disease in the...

Bush has boasted about his "really good guacamole" recipe on the campaign trail. Just in time for college bowl season, he shared it with NPR.

Placido Domingo turned 75 today and is rightly regarded as one of the greatest operatic tenors of our time. In recent years he's switched to singing…

In an effort to reduce energy costs and curb consumer usage, scientists are developing something called "smart grid" and "smart meter" technologies. Some…

Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that Florida's capital punishment sentencing process is unconstitutional because it allows judges, not juries, to decide whether to impose the death penalty.