In Chicago, integrated neighborhoods do not stay integrated for long.

Some parents believe that competition helps prepare children to succeed. Others fear that their children will not be able to handle failure.

Disclosure of private e-mails from government officials has been a legal issue in many states.

John Glenn's father, known as Herschel, was mostly deaf from injuries in World War I. To help out at home, young Glenn sold rhubarb all over town from the family garden.

Cities vary widely in the use of DNA testing.

History is the best guide to the future.

FEMA says that it does not factor in previous losses into its decisions on applications to redraw the flood zones.

I never bought a man who wasn't for sale. -W.A. Clark, ascribed

Companies are accustomed to dismissing employees for misuse of computers at work.

In Illinois, where legislators are paid $45, 000, plus as much as $10, 000 for leadership work, about half are full-time politicians.

While the House of Blues slogan has been 'In blues we trust, ' its stages are usually filled with more reliable moneymakers - Neil Diamond and A Tribe Called Quest among them.

He had appointed her not only guardian angel, but a member of his ideals.

No aacomplishments are important than self realization of self satisfaction.

Indy makes the race driver. You become famous when you come here.

But surely for everything you love you have to pay some price.

I want to tell you how much I miss my mother. Bits of her are still there. I miss her most when I'm sitting across from her.

The models for me were more the folk-rock singers of the '60s and '70s.

Like any parent, I just want the best for my kids, whatever they decide to do. They will choose what path they want to follow, and we will always be there to encourage them.

When you just don't think you can, keep going! Getting through those weak moments is how you become stronger.

You work your whole life to try to be the best you can, even if it's for only one day or one week.

So when you enjoy the beats, the rock music - maybe even toned down with an orchestra - you are enjoying the spirit of the black race. And that's what I emphasize to the students.