NEW YORK – Kenneth B. Clark (search), an educator and psychologist who spent his life working for racial integration and improvement in the education of black children, has died. He was 90. Clark’s daughter, Kate C. Harris, told The New York Times in Monday’s editions that her father died Sunday …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Treasury (search) said on Wednesday it is considering reintroducing regular issues of 30-year bonds (search) and will announce a decision Aug. 3. The announcement was unexpected, as Bush administration officials had said until recently they believed U.S. debt issuance was varied enough to satisfy appetite for …

INDIANAPOLIS – All Danica, all the time. That’s the way it has been for the past two weeks in the leadup to Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 (search). Twenty-three-year-old Danica Patrick (search), the only woman in the 33-car lineup and only the fourth female to race in the big event at the …

NEW YORK – Calpine Corp. (CPN), struggling under a heavy debt load since the Enron crisis (search) of 2001, on Wednesday accelerated its $3 billion debt-reduction plan and signaled it may sell up to eight more power plants in a bid to improve its balance sheet. Calpine, which was recently …

COEUR d’ALENE, Idaho – Idaho police on Friday dismissed a tipster who said he may have seen two missing children as the community where their mother, brother and a family friend were slain feared for the worst. Kootenai County (search) authorities said a pawn shop owner’s description of 9-year-old Dylan …

This is a little monologue Thursday on how good it is to be rich. And maybe how good it is to be young, rich and famous. Take the singer Chris Martin (search) from the pop music band Coldplay (search). He’s also the husband of Gwyneth Paltrow — everybody’s idea of …

This is a partial transcript of “The Big Story With John Gibson,” May 2, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. JOHN GIBSON, HOST: Capital punishment in the Commonwealth? Republican Governor Mitt Romney is introducing a new death penalty bill in Massachusetts, but he says a jury should only impose …

WASHINGTON – The parent company of European aircraft maker Airbus (search) Thursday selected four Southern states as finalists for a $600 million U.S. factory to build refueling tankers for the U.S. military. Sites in Mobile, Ala.; Melbourne, Fla.; Kiln, Miss.; and North Charleston, S.C., will compete for the right to …

WASHINGTON – The trade group representing U.S. real estate brokers could face a lawsuit over an industry rule antitrust authorities fear could hurt online competitors and stifle commission discounts, a source familiar with the matter said Monday. Lawyers from the Justice Department (search) and the National Association of Realtors (search) …

WASHINGTON – Securities and Exchange Commission (search) Enforcement Director Stephen Cutler (search), 43, will step down in a month to return to private practice as a lawyer, the SEC said on Thursday. Cutler has headed the SEC unit that brings civil actions against fraudsters and other securities law violators since …