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Staff writer Richard Read produced several articles from Japan to mark the aftermath of the tsunami after winning underwriting from the Foreign Press Center/Japan. Read used to be The Oregonian's Tokyo bureau chief.

The Press-Citizen will profile key University of Iowa staff members as they step down from their jobs this summer.

For years there were rumors of the approaching end of iCarly, but it is official "iCarly" will be ending November 2012 and with its ending star Miranda Cosgrove has a new beginning as a University of Southern California student.

Pre-release comment ranges from "Awesome!" and "I can't wait" to "video poop" and "teen-flick nonsense." It will be interesting to see the reaction among people in contaminated villages of Eastern Europe, for whom life today is real and somber.

Math is so popular at Ritter Elementary School in Watts that kids arrive before the morning bell and line up to do extra work before class, but it's not the subject that's the real attraction as much as the method - computers.

Though compact and convenient, as far as human-powered transport goes, skateboards are gallingly susceptible to gravity.

They may be from a tough neighborhood but that's not stopping dozens of local students from graduating from high school and going on to USC, Harvard and other colleges.

Seeing the need to balance professional development with strong academics, a former Palo Alto High School student will return this summer to host professional development workshops for local high school students.

Brian Banks, center, reacts with his mother, Leomia Myers and father, Jonathan Banks, outside court after his rape conviction was dismissed Thursday May 24, 2012 in Long Beach, Calif.

James R. Appleton, president of the University of Redlands, will be bidding his students, faculty and staff farewell and looking on to retirement.

Diana Ramos did not have an easy childhood. But she didn't let that get in the way of persevering and succeeding.

Byron Kinney of Evanston and Louis Zamperini. Kinney flew the B-29 that dropped life-saving food supplies at a POW camp at Naoetsu, Japan where Zamperini, a onetime Olympic long distance runner, and others were held.

Robert Gibbs, 23, of Livermore, right, sits with, from left, Kevin Hunt, 18, Nichole Gibbs 22, and Amber Edwards, 16, on his birthday in Livermore, Calif., on Friday, March 2, 2012.

A former high school football star whose dreams of a pro career were shattered by a rape conviction burst into tears Thursday as a judge threw out the charge that sent him to prison for more than five years.

''I guess it's time to take it in, my gaydar needs some inspection,'' Simone Battle sings on her peppy song ''He Likes Boys.'' Battle, you see, fell for a pretty boy who likes Desperate Housewives , Lady Gaga, and dresses like an American Apparel mannequin.

The two electronics giants are limiting retailers' ability to discount their televisions, which should help the Best Buys of the world who often can't match the sale prices of online retailers.

Pictures of Bryan Barnes, 20, and Javier Bolden, 19, emerged as they appeared in court accused of killing electrical engineering students Ming Qu and Ying Wu, both 23.

Every now and again I hear some author putting down how-tos. "You can only learn to write by writing," they'll say.

Deep in an industrial complex on Costa Mesa's west side, small-business owners open warehouse doors, deliverymen hustle and workers bang away on all manner of fabricated products.