Asian stocks gain on Japanese bank ratings and metal pricesTokyo: Asian stocks climbed for a second day as JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted ratings on Japan's largest banks and as mining companies climbed on higher metal prices. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Grou...

Children's bracelets recalled for high lead levelsAssociated Press - March 3, 2010 9:04 PM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and a New York-based importer have announced a voluntary recall of children's...

2,000 grades raised at Chicago Public Schools' Hyde Park AcademySun-Times Special Report: Last school year at struggling Hyde Park Academy High, more than 2,000 grades were boosted at least one notch, a Chicago Sun-Times analysis shows. And this school year, blanket A's were ordered issued to all students of five new Hyde Park teachers.