A national day of protests against education funding cuts began Thursday with generally peaceful rallies, walkouts and teach-ins at universities and high schools. But an incident in which demonstrators smashed the windshield of a car trying to enter UC Santa Cruz brought a warning against any other violence.

By Carla Rivera
California State University is embarking on an ambitious initiative to raise its graduation rates and help more low-income and minority students earn degrees, even as it faces perhaps the grimmest budget outlook in its history.
The university is setting a goal of boosting its six-year graduation rate by 8% by 2016, bringing it to [...]

I have been keeping my eye on this guy since he started coming out on the news two years ago. For those who do not know who Joe Arpaio is, he is a Maricopa County Sheriff who is against Immigration. His office faces racial profiling allegations over crime and immigration sweeps in [...]

Buenos Aires, Argentina (CNN) — Less than one month after a Buenos Aires court derailed the marriage of Alex Freyre and Jose Maria di Bello, the couple wed Monday at the southern tip of Argentina, making it the first same-sex marriage in Latin America.

By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS, Associated Press Writer Sigal Ratner-arias, Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK – Grammy-winner Jose Feliciano has gotten an apology after accusing a pair of radio producers of trashing the spirit of Christmas by using his popular holiday song, “Feliz Navidad,” for a racist musical spoof about undocumented immigrants.