Former Sanders-Clyde Elementary School Principal MiShawna Moore can't sleep or eat, and she can't escape bad dreams or anxiety attacks.
Since she learned last month that the State Law Enforcement Division had opened an investigation into the authenticity of her former school's test scores, Moore's life has been put on hold. She compared it to a death sentence.
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Chances are, you're not going out to eat as much as you once did.
You buy what's on sale at the grocery store these days, do all your errands at once to save gas, maybe even turn off some of those 357 channels on the cable plan.
Impulse buying? A thing of the| past. You're dreaming of a sparse Christmas.
Everybody's doing it.
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NEW YORK — Wachovia, Citigroup and Wells Fargo on Monday agreed to a standstill of all formal litigation activity, a sign that the banks and the Federal Reserve are working feverishly to reach an agreement over the fate of Wachovia.
The standstill agreement will end at noon on Wednesday, unless extended.
'We are pleased to participate with the Federal Reserve Board in a fair-minded, good faith process to achieve a prompt and successful outcome,' Citigroup spokesman Michael Hanretta said in an e-mail.
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CLEMSON — James Davis was besieged with questions and criticism from students who blasted play- calling and called for coach Tommy Bowden's ouster.
A few of Michael Palmer's classmates told him his team stunk. He said a professor even mocked Clemson's annoying habit of blowing games it should win.
The Tigers thought it was rough being booed off the field after their 20-17 home loss to Maryland on Sept. 27, but they've found the sentiment to be just as harsh walking around their own campus over the past week.
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Mary Wilks was a little girl with a big imagination when she saw the name on the plaque at the Alamo in San Antonio. It was "Melton," the same as her grandmother's maiden name. So, she allowed herself to think she might have an ancestor who gave his life for Texas.
Wilks didn't tell anyone about the man, Elijah Melton. She could not risk having someone burst her bubble. But every time Wilks studied the Alamo, the site of the famous Texas revolution battle, she thought about the hero who might be kin.
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