Leaders in education, business, and politics will explore ways to improve student performance, lower education costs in Ohio; U.S.

By George Hohmann During his years in Congress, former Gov. Bob Wise was an advocate of vehicles that run on compressed natural gas, or CNG. At first it seemed like an idea whose time had come.

Former Gov. Cecil Underwood is home from the hospital. A spokesman for Charleston Area Medical Center said Wednesday that the 85-year-old Republican had been released, though he could not say when. Underwood was admitted to CAMC General Hospital on May 31 because of weakness.

By Danielle Deaver, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C. Mar. 26--North Carolina officials deserve praise for their efforts to figure out how many students really don't finish high school, and they should keep up efforts to make sure that more graduate, said Bob Wise, the former governor of West Virginia.

By Randy Ludlow, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Aug. 24--Knox County Commissioner Bob Wise and Knox County Airport Authority officials agree on one thing. Both acknowledge that Wise Choice Propane installed a tank to serve the county-owned airport in mid-2005.