A study by researchers at Purdue University suggests that some high school football players suffer undiagnosed changes in brain function and continue playing even though they are impaired.

By Jose Patino Girona, Tampa Tribune, Fla. Feb. 9--TAMPA HEIGHTS -- Kay Morse began a campaign in 1993 to save the former Jefferson High School building on Highland Avenue. The 1911 building was saved and restored, and since 2002 it has been home to the D.W. Waters Career Center.

By The Associated Press CHARLES TOWN - Showing up to school will exempt some Jefferson County students from taking finals this year. The county school board has voted 4-to-1 to allow students with an 80 percent grade average and no more than six absences to forgo final tests.

By Kimberly Melton, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Jan.