Student loan companies are in turmoil and banks are tightening their standards and raising rates, making it harder for families to use multiple financing sources.
A raid on a Texas compound is complicating efforts by Utah and Arizona officials to open communications with polygamist groups while winning the trust of girls taken as under-age wives.
AP - For President Bush, it would seem a small gesture to make a big point: Staying away from the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Summer Olympics would send a clear signal of U.S. anger over China's crackdown against anti-Beijing Tibetan protesters.
AP - Texas child welfare officials have brought in mental health professionals and behavioral experts as the agency tries to ensure a sense of normalcy for the more than 400 children removed from a polygamous sect's enclave, an agency spokeswoman said.
AP - In the midst of an assault from his rivals, a defensive Barack Obama said Friday that many working-class Americans are angry and bitter over economic inequalities and have lost faith in Washington — and, as a result, vote on the basis of other issues such as gun protections or gay marriage.
Two and half years ago, Elaine Sonnen found out her son, Richard, was planning a Columbine-style attack at his high school. It would have been payback for classmates who Richard says bullied him. "I always wanted to strangle them," he said. But this attack didn't happen because Elaine Sonnen spotted the warning signs.
Only time will tell whether the recent spate of airline cancellations will stretch into peak travel season, but Americans won't be easily deterred from their summer travel plans, experts say.