By Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Jan. 9--On Friday, the American Dialect Society chose "plutoed" as its word of the year. Drawn from Pluto's removal from the official list of planets, to "pluto" is "to demote or devalue someone or something," The Associated Press reported.

By Joseph Marks, Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Aug. 4--The State Board of Higher Education voted unanimously Thursday morning to make Eddie Dunn the next chancellor of the university system.

By - Lisa Van Proyen Chemistry professor Simone Aloisio transforms his forensics lab into a working crime scene for students at California State University, Channel Islands. At the Camarillo campus, students spend weeks collecting and analyzing evidence, and eventually learn DNA fingerprinting.