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More than 1 million of America's poorest college students may have to take out bigger loans, find another way to pay tuition, or drop out in 2012, if Republican budget cuts are passed that shrink the government's Pell grant program. But supporters are mobilizing in an online rally Monday for "Save Pell Day."

The government of Minnesota has been essentially shuttered for a week since the governor and legislature failed to find a compromise solution for the state's $5 billion shortfall. But it's hard to imagine what it means to "shut down" a state of 5.3 million people. Here's what it means to them.

From space exploration to curing disease to successfully competing with India, Europe, and China, our country's future depends on our education system. Right now Arnold Schwarzenegger, unfortunately the governor of California, is taking an ax to the UC System, one of the most prestigious public...

It's that time of year again, and I can't wait! The explosions, the smoke, the sparkly flames. I'm speaking, of course, about the annual season when your local TV news channel dutifully trots out the clips of fire safety marshals blowing the hands off mannequins to convince us to leave those M-80s...

The television Powers That Be have made true castaways of Jeff Probst and company. To save money, CBS will produce back-to-back seasons of Survivor in the same locale, forcing the production crew to spend four months on location instead of the usual six weeks.Usually, the show shoots once around...

Oh, to be Dutch.In the Netherlands, prostitution and marijuana are legal, Heineken is the local brew, and Amsterdam is a bike-able international city with a huge selection of fine cheeses.And now comes the news from the Dutch justice ministry that the crime rate is so low that it will close eight...

Riverside County in California is doing its part to save money during the recession -- cutting back from four-ply toilet paper to two-ply for the approximately 100 executives who had the cushy four-ply until whistleblowers uncovered their expensive habit.In a government where all county workers...

When I'm traveling, the last thing I want to eat is a room service meal. The food tends to taste warmed-over and uninteresting and I'd much rather eat bad food in the real world, outside of my cookie-cutter hotel room. The offensive high prices of the typical room service will turn your stomach...

The Bronx Zoo, the largest city zoo in the country, is facing $15 million in budget cuts, and so hundreds of animals are being evicted. It's a real loss. The 114-year-old zoo, run by the Wildlife Conservation Society, is getting rid of animals based partly on which ones are popular with...

When Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm gives her State of the State address tomorrow, one of her proposals will be to save money by ending funding for the 160-year-old Michigan State Fair, one of the oldest in the country. Coping With the Economy Denny's Super Bowl ad, announcing a free...