School safety worker throws teen girl down stairs

  Chicago Public Schools officials removed from duty an employee caught on video throwing a female student down the stairs at Dunbar Vocational Career Academy, and punching her in the face.

RVs drives hiring boom in Indiana town

When the recession hit and RV sales plunged (58 percent from 2006 from 2009), unemployment in Goshen, Ind. soared to the highest in the nation: a staggering 20.9 percent in March 2009.

PHT: Rangers live another day, edge Bruins in OT

Report: Amanda Bynes arrested in NYC

Actress Amanda Bynes was arrested in her New York apartment Thursday night on charges of reckless endangerment, tampering with evidence and criminal possession of marjuana, NBC New York reported.

Bring back PE: Exercise should be 'core' class, report says

Children need a full hour of exercise in schools every day, and not just in physical education classes, the Institute of Medicine recommended on Thursday. Schools that have dumped education classes need to put them back on the schedule, the report recommends.

Cicada bugfest closes in on city-dwellers

Hordes of winged cicadas are coming out and turning up the music for their biggest party in 17 years, stretching from North Carolina through Virginia to New York — but experts aren't yet sure just how big the party will get.

Bronx 'ghetto' tours stop amid residents' outrage