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The authors of a new book argue that grades aren’t a good measure of what a student knows, and may be more stigmatizing than motivating, especially for lower-performing students.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was elected on the promise of renegotiating the regimen of austerity imposed on Greece by its creditors. And Europe warned him it expected Greece to repay its debts.

U.S. authorities say the release of a new audiotape from Osama bin Laden, threatening new attacks in the United States, will not prompt an increase in the terror-threat level. The al Qaeda leader also makes a vague reference to a truce offer on the tape, which Vice President Cheney and other officials dismissed.

U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi has decided not to run in Ohio's upcoming Senate race. The nine-term Republican congressman announced his decision Tuesday.Tiberi was…

The president and his team are actively undermining the Affordable Care Act markets, NPR's Alison Kodjak reports.

In the game Minecraft, a chocolate chip cookie will tame a parrot, but they're poisonous to the birds in real life. Minecraft has promised to update the game.

No, a Canadian woman didn't die at the age of 87 — saying her failure to make banana bread was her great regret. That story was from a satirical website.

Police in Phoenix say Alejandro Barraza was driving 131 miles per hour — fast enough to go to jail. As he was led away, police say Barraza said he felt lucky that he wasn't caught at 160.

A 19-year-old man climbed the highest peak in Wales for charity but developed hypothermia on the way down. One reason was that he was only wearing underwear.

Last Friday, I wrote a blog post about a story in The Scotsman that probed the idea of abolishing the onstage warm-up before orchestra concerts. I figured…