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Special Needs, Special Driver (and others)

45 percent of the nation's undergraduates learn very little in their first two years of college.

The emotional health of college freshmen - who feel buffeted by the recession and stressed by the pressures of high school - has declined to the lowest level since an annual survey of incoming students started collecting data 25 years ago.

FBI agents have executed 40 search warrants throughout the United States as part of an investigation into recent coordinated cyber attacks targeting major companies, the agency said.

A winter-weary Northeast was getting back to normal early Friday after a powerful storm dumped a thick blanket of snow throughout the region.

South African officials reiterated calls for calm over the hospitalization of Nelson Mandela, urging citizens not to panic as the former president "suffers from ailment common to people of his age."

Florida police are trying to figure out how a 5-year-old boy came into possession of a loaded handgun that he dropped inside a pre-kindergarten class.

Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- The Egyptian army patrolled the streets of Cairo with armored personnel carriers Friday after thousands of angry anti-government demonstrators clashed with tear-gas firing police.

NASA sets higher safety standards, and private rocketeers say they can meet them

A police officer in Los Angeles who claimed he was shot while patrolling near a high school has now been arrested for making up the story, authorities said.

Here's a start to Super Bowl week that no one really wanted.

Public has say on plan to close Hagedorn Hospital, N.J.'s smallest public mental institution

Bad habits afflict us all. But whether your particular fixation is merely annoying, wastes time or could actually hurt someone (like poor, long-suffering Katie), there are tricks and techniques to nip it in the bud. Of course, serious habitual behaviors might require years -- and even some bona fide therapy sessions -- to break.

Former South African President Nelson Mandela is recovering from a collapsed lung and could be released from hospital as early as Friday, a source close to Mandela told Reuters on Thursday.

Florida police are trying to figure out how a 5-year-old boy came into possession of a loaded handgun that he dropped inside a pre-kindergarten class.

With Steve Carell stepping out of NBC's "The Office," producers have enlisted Will Ferrell to help boost the show's numbers during the season's home stretch.

We've all seen it. The driver inching down the road ahead of us, hunched over the steering wheel to peer through the 6-inch porthole his defroster has cleared on his iced-up windshield. And how many times have you been going 65 mph on Route 78 behind a vehicle when the glacier on its roof finally lets go, heading right for you? It's not just a good idea to clear your car of ice and snow before you head out; it's the law in New Jersey.

(CNN) -- Facebook is adding new security features, which come after a pair of high-profile cracks in the site's defenses that surfaced this week.

(CNN) -- A body found near Lubbock, Texas, has been identified as that of a baby sitter seen in a motel surveillance video with a longtime family friend charged in the case, authorities said Wednesday.