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  • Illustration College Debt by John Camejo for The Washington Times

    EDITORIAL: Making college affordable

    Every parent with a college-age child worries about the spiraling cost of education. The price of a diploma can reach $150,000, even at a state school. A little cost-cutting is in order, and there's no better place to start than at the president's office.

  • Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II will accept the GOP nomination for governor Saturday. Mr. Cuccinelli has set his own political course, distancing himself from Gov. Bob McDonnell and Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling. (Associated Press)

    Ken Cuccinelli blazing own path in Virginia gubernatorial campaign

    Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II will formally accept the Republican nomination for governor Saturday, but he'll stand alone at the top of the GOP with neither the man he hopes to succeed nor his onetime rival for the nomination in Richmond to help him unify the party.

  • Jets' Aboushi a rare Palestinian-American in NFL

    The congratulatory messages flooded Oday Aboushi's Twitter page for a few days after he was drafted by the New York Jets two weeks ago.

  • **FILE ** Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (Associated Press)

    Wisconsin's Scott Walker quietly tops list of GOP favorites for White House

    Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is the sleeping lion in a list of possible Republican candidates for president in 2016, surging to the top of some politicos' lists who see his scandal-free past as a big boon.

  • Former UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian, front, sits in front of fellow inductees during the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class announcement, Monday, April 8, 2013, in Atlanta, Georgia. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

    2013 Basketball Hall of Fame class led by Rick Pitino

    Joining Pitino in the class of 2013, announced Monday, are former NBA stars Bernard King and Gary Payton, former UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian, North Carolina women's coach Sylvia Hatchell, former University of Houston coach Guy Lewis, former University of Virginia star Dawn Staley.

  • Pitino leads class of 7 into Naismith Hall of Fame

    Rick Pitino got the phone call of a lifetime and an incredible text at the same time.

  • Strong families: bridge the gap between youth and God

    Culture challenge of the week: Youth, struggling and spiritually alone

  • Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

    FIELDS: When not tying the knot is not good

    We pay outsized attention to women at the top, about whether they lean in or lean back, act like men or even like women. After decades of feminism telling women they can control their own destiny, scoring a seat on the fast-moving monorail to success is finally possible.

  • Single mothers have 48% of first births

    The playground rhyme about "first comes love, then comes marriage, and then comes the baby in the baby carriage" no longer applies to most young Americans — unless they earn a college degree, says a new study.

  • Washington Redskins' Lorenzo Alexander (pictured) partners with teammate Kedric Golston to run The Studio MBS in Ashburn. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

    Lorenzo Alexander, Kedric Golston among NFL players who are all business off field

    The Redskins' Alexander and Golston are among several pairs of NFL teammates or former teammates who have ventured together into the business world. Some players pursue it as a hobby. Others hope to maximize their celebrity and disposable income to start building for their lives after football.

  • (Screenshot of the University of Virginia website)

    Learning curve steep for schools with online courses

    The University of Virginia physics professor has jumped head-first into the brave new world of Massive Open Online Courses, more commonly known as MOOCs, that supporters claim -- and skeptics fear -- is on the brink of revolutionizing the way postsecondary education is conducted.

  • ** FILE ** Virginia head coach Mike London watches from the sideline during the second half on an NCAA college football game against TCU, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, in Fort Worth, Texas. TCU won 27-7, (AP Photo/LM Otero)

    Virginia, Boise State to meet in 2015, 2017 seasons

    The Broncos will travel to Charlottesville, Va., for a game on Sept. 26, 2015, marking just the third time BSU will play a team from the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Cavaliers are scheduled to make the return trip to Boise on Sept. 23, 2017.

  • **FILE** Secretary of State John F. Kerry (Associated Press)

    KUHNER: John F. Kerry returns to war

    Secretary of State John F. Kerry has identified America's primary enemy. It's not Russia, Iran, China or North Korea. Nope. It's something even greater and more sinister: climate change. That's right. One of the most powerful people in the world and fourth in line for succession to the presidency, Mr. Kerry is obsessed with junk science and global temperature changes.

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    Kerry warns budget-cutters

    Secretary of State John F. Kerry made an aggressive plea on Wednesday for Americans to stand up against spending cuts to the nation's foreign policy budget, calling Washington's continued and deep engagement in world affairs a "necessity" for the "sake of the safety and economic health of our country."

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