More LA schools convert to charters as funds dip
El Camino Real High School has won six national academic quiz championships, boasts test scores that rank it as one of California's top secondary schools, and offers two dozen college-level courses ranging from macroeconomics to human geography.

Student gets assault charge for blowing pellets
A high school freshman who hit classmates with plastic pellets blown from a tube has been suspended and charged

Homeless Ohio man with velvety voice back with mom
A homeless man whose silky announcing voice has catapulted him to national fame reunited Thursday with his mother

US student shoots administrators, kills self
The son of a police detective opened fire at a Nebraska high school Wednesday, wounding the principal and assistant principal

Vikings change venues as Metrodome roof gets fixed
The Minnesota Vikings are getting ready for a frigid night of football after officials said Tuesday that the Metrodome's torn roof won't be ready for Monday night's matchup against the Chicago Bears

Police: Fla. man cyber-stalked sorority pledges
A Florida man accused of using Facebook to harass Louisiana State University sorority pledges and pressure them into sending him nude pictures

Immigrant students give blood to show citizenship
Illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship by going to college or serving in the military

French rail firm SNCF regrets shipping Jews to Holocaust
France's state-owned rail company SNCF has expressed remorse for hauling thousands of Jews to their deaths in Nazi camps, after US lawmakers threatened its chances of winning lucrative contracts

Warhol Coca Cola painting sells for 35 million dollars
An Andy Warhol painting titled "Large Coca Cola" put the fizz into Sotheby's New York contemporary art auction Tuesday when it beat expectations and sold for 35.3 million dollars.