Obama's Half Brother Recalls Their Abusive Father - WUSA
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) -- President Barack Obama's half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel -- the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late father, the mostly absent figure Obama wrote about ...

Packing Heat - New Haven Advocate
Start with a western swing trio from Austin, Texas, featuring female vocals, fiddle and upright bass. Draw a line from Bob Wills right through to Hot Club of Cowtown. Now zigzag the line through time and space and touch on Édith Piaf, Nina Simone ...

Soccer's Higgins and Campise named to Big 12 All-Newcomer Team - Texas Sports
AUSTIN, Texas -- University of Texas Soccer freshmen Sophie Campise and Hannah Higgins have been named to the 2009 Big 12 All-Newcomer Team, the league announced. The Longhorns' two selections to the 12-player team are its most since three in 2005 ...

Study finds Texas teacher merit pay did little - Palestine Herald-Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas spent $300 million on merit pay for teachers in the past three years in an effort that led to few gains by students. The National Center on Performance Incentives reviewed the now-defunct Texas Educator Excellence Grant ...

'Money-Driven Medicine': How we got this mess - San Francisco Chronicle
"The United States doesn't really have better care than other Western democracies," says Dr. Donald Berwick, president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. "It just has more care." The 86-minute film traces a decadeslong buildup of ...

Metropole to become world-class hotel - Cincinnati.com
DOWNTOWN - An apartment building that's home to more than 200 low-income residents will be remade into a world-class hotel and contemporary arts venue under a $48 million plan billed as a key to revitalizing Cincinnati's Backstage entertainment and ...