School for blind is set for functional face-lift

In January, California Common Cause began questioning the connections between the Drakes Bay Oyster Company and the Koch Brothers, the Oklahoma oil company barons who finance pro-business causes, including nationwide efforts to privatize public park ...

Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple, a pilgrimage site for architectural buffs, will get a face lift, thanks to a $10 million grant from a Chicago-based foundation. Wednesday's announcement about the striking Oak Park structure comes as welcome news ...

Amy Haimerl - It's the Avenue of Fashion, once the Rodeo Drive of Detroit shopping. The district suffered in recent years, like much of Detroit, but investment dollars are starting to flow back. Today, the Detroit Economic Growth Corp. is ...

Key points - Hearts to enter administration within 24 hours - Ian Murray of Foundation of Hearts urges fans to pledge money - Papers lodged at court of session in Edinburgh to formally begin process - KPMG will take on administration of ...

Less than 9% of low-income children in Milwaukee attend top-quality day care. Less than 15% of kids are proficient in reading in third grade and eighth grade. A mere 13% of ACT test-takers are deemed college-ready in most major academic ...

* EU tax chief: banks should provide account balances to authorities * Proposal likely to face opposition from Luxembourg * EU tax chief to visit Switzerland for talks on bank secrecy BRUSSELS, June 12 (Reuters) - The European Commission ...

Oscar Leeser and Steve Ortega have each raised more than $300,000 in their bids to become the city's next mayor, a decision that rests in the hands of voters Saturday. The latest campaign finance reports show significant amounts of money are still ...

Tourists planning to flock to Brazil for the World Cup a year from now should brace for some of the world's highest housing, restaurant and transport prices. Prices have gone through the roof, particularly in the country's tourism gateway Rio, ...

President calls for creating adequate awareness against acts of Violence and Attrocities against Women The President calls for formally embracing our ancient civilizational values of treating women with respect and dignity to consider ourselves a ...